Wednesday 14 August – Military Tattoo day

Tonight, starting at 9pm, we would be enjoying the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. A good breakfast was needed – bacon, eggs and toast; all cooked in the flat. While cooking breakfast we could see people walking their dogs on the grass section behind the building. One guy had a good look in initially. When he came back the second time, I waved at him and he nervously waved back – like he had been busted!

This was Carwol and Mick Mick’s first visit to Edinburgh so we took them up the Royal Mile to look at the Fringe Festival performers. Along the way Ros and Carwol got a photo with a witch.

Continuing up to the Castle, Mick Mick and I got our photos with ‘William Wallace’ – a lot cruder than the real one I am sure!

We found another place for some lunch – food and drinks – which was quite tasty. Given that we would be having a late night, a nap was in order! On the way back I finally found what I was looking for – Highland Cow slippers! Woohoo!

On our first trip to Edinburgh, Ros and I went to the tattoo. We remembered the line up that went halfway down the hill, so we thought we would get there a bit earlier this time. That worked in our favour as the line was not too bad. They said gates opened at 8:15, but in reality they opened at 7:30. Our seats were in prime position with a view straight down towards the castle. We were also the last row before the ‘VIP’ section therefore there was a little bit of the ceiling overhanging out seats – handy for later.

Ros and I were taking a selfie before lots of people got there. We were going to get one of the four of us, but a nice lady in the section behind us decided to help us out. This performance, along with the other performances for the week, were being recorded for telecasting later in August; so there were lots of camera men on and around the stadium.

The Military Tattoo was fantastic yet again. So many different performances. The rain didn’t quite hold out though. During an early part of the show we got some showers. About 15 minutes from the end though it bucketed down. We weren’t too bad as the rain was being blocked by the overhanging ceiling. Two rows in front of us though, they were getting absolutely hammered. Luckily we had bought new ponchos as they came in good use.

After the tattoo we just walked back to the flat. It was nearing 11:45 when we got back, so just a little bit of time before it was Ros’s birthday!