We have lost faith in the Scottish weather forecasters. When they say rain, it doesn't when they say no rain it does. Our previous plans of going to Abedour castle fell through due to waking up to what was supposed to be a cloudy but fine day was heavy rain and seeing a castle with no roof in heavy rain didn't appeal to even the largest of castle fans. Instead yesterday we left the kids with Jenny and they had a ball wearing her out and playing with the cousins. Neil and I were guided into Edinburgh by Alf and visited Holyroodhouse palace home to the royals whilst in town. Gorgeous palace with the most amazing tapestries adorning the walls. There was also a exhibition on of Queens collections, from paintings to snuff boxes, beautiful pieces. After collecting Alf from where we left him in the local we had a quick peep in the new Scottish parliament building, over designed and it leaks (just my opinion). Today we took the kids to see the Royal Yacht Brittania. It was a lot of fun, Callum only got bored after about the fourth level and livened up after buying a captains hat in the gift shop, Heather had fun a learnt a little about the royals along the way. Callum did enjoy the audio tour having it glued to his ear. The yacht was presented wonderfully and was really interesting to see up close and personal to the royals I must say the queen does have good taste. You start on the top bridge and work your way down, the lower you get the lower the class, the less carpet used and the more wiring on view. We also indulged and had a yummy morning tea in the top deck tea room which I'd already checked out the menu when researching the yacht and was dreaming of the apple pie. Overall a lovely couple of days in the steady rain.
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