The Scottish Capital - Edinburgh

Snapshot
Where - Edinburgh
Weather - warm and windy - no rain☺
Steps - 10,500 or 6.7km and 37 floors

After driving to Edinburgh in mostly rain, we were pleasantly surprised to wake to a fine, sunny morning. We had to go into the city to collect our tickets for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo that we had purchased at least 6 months prior. While there we did a tour of the Edinburgh Castle. We joined a guided tour which is usually great because there are often some fascinating bits of information that you may not get otherwise. There is a tradition that is still carried out at Edinburgh Castle that they fire the 1 o'clock cannon. The original purpose of this was so that all the ships in the harbour could synchronise their clocks as they knew the cannon was fired at 1pm.

Super busy in Edinburgh because it is festival season - not only the Military Tattoo but also the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with people busking, putting on various performances, dressed up mimes etc. The place was a hive of activity. I think the number of visitors to the castle every day was around 10,000 - 12,000. We didn't have time to see anything more than the castle as we had to get ready for the Tattoo which I will cover in a separate footprint.Read more