Dunblane to Edinburgh

Wednesday was a busy day. We got going a bit earlier than usual, checked out and went into central Dunblane for a wonderful breakfast at the Beech Tree Cafe.

The cafe where we had breakfast.

The drive into central Edinburgh where we turned in the rental car took almost two hours instead of one hour as Google projected. The longer drive was due to traffic, filling up the car with diesel ($10.81 per gallon), a couple wrong turns and a detour. After driving a total 783 miles over ten days, we successfully returned the car.

Our room wasn’t ready so we played cards one last time while we waited. We went out exploring a bit then had coffee in a coffee shop across from the train station.

Ordering coffee
My scone with clotted cream and raspberry jam.

For dinner we went to an Indian restaurant.

Dinner

Then we went to a traditional music concert. The concert was part of a music series called Tradfest that is happening in Edinburgh this week. The group was called The Furrow Collective.

Two of the musicians. The woman in green is playing the saw! The music and singing was amazing.

After the concert we walked back to the hotel and said goodbye to Roger and Gayle who planned to leave the hotel at 5:30 am to start their voyage home.

It was a cold walk.
The view of Edinburgh Castle lit up was a beautiful backdrop to the end of our adventure with Roger and Gayle. We had a great time.
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I am a traveler, hiker, avid reader, Sun alumnus, computer geek, Spanish and French language student, knitter and genealogist. I am retired after working for almost 30 years in the Computer Industry. I live in Reno, Nevada with my husband Duke.

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