Leith Jazz Festival

It's the weekend of the Leith Jazz Festival, where bars and restaurants play host to various Jazz and Blues musicians. I had a plan for the day which did NOT involve waking up at 6am, I decided that was way to early to get up and managed to go back to sleep, I then woke up again at 8am and considered getting up but thought I could get a couple more hours sleep... My alarm went off at 11am and I felt utterly exhausted (I had felt wide awake at 6am and 8am!) I had intended to get up then but I must have dozed off again as the next thing I knew was it was 1pm! This totally ruined my plans to go to the farmers market and be back in Leith by 2pm to catch some jazz.

By the time I got myself together it was almost 2pm so I grabbed my jacket and headed around the corner to the Malt & Hops, so technically I had a pint of beer for breakfast! The pub was fairly busy as I got there just as "The Ugly Bug Ragtime Three" started playing and I managed to get a bar stool quite near the musicians (the third guy was playing a banjo, but he was sitting just around the corner out of shot to the left). After playing for about an hour they took a break and for some reason shortly after they started up again the bar got really busy, possibly due to the torrential rain outside. The bar got absolutely packed and you could not move. I had planned on going to see another group but by the time I finished my drink and got out they would have already started and I didn't fancy standing in a crowded bar dripping wet and drinking some poor beer (the Malt & Hops serves some good real ales but the Isobar doesn't), my flat was approximately half way between the two bars and I decided to head home as I was soaking wet and rather hungry, not to mention a little tipsy having had 4 pints on an empty stomach. :-/