Just because....

It's the festival....

We headed into  Edinburgh, to meet up with the outlaws who  have escaped from Englandshire for a week...  followed by a visit to the book festival, where Dave was talking/performing/declaiming his historical knowledge of Edinburgh, in other words, giving a lovely talk about the old town using illustrative references from literature...

So following an all too short, but awesome catch up with the family, which included very large amounts brunch and a run around the botanics, we headed back to town, dropping Dave off on route, before attempting to find a parking space.  

Edinburgh in August is the only place I know where you can see a group of medieval mummers casually wandering down a small lane past an NCP carpark... It was a challenge to explain to little un, who they were, why they were dressed like that, and why was mummy taking a photo instead of letting her out of her car seat... (but I do miss the weirdness of being in town during the festival)

So me and little un then took a wander down princes street to sort out a mobile phone query...we bused back up, because she's got short legs and loves anything related to transport. We played in Princes street gardens, and she patted and picked the nose of Wojtek the bear  , before meeting up with Dave for snacks and a look around the book festival... Little un came away with a face covered in chocolate and a copy of Superworm by Julia Donaldson...

All in all a splendid day...