Holy haggis

Great trip to Edinburgh and thereabouts. A lovely city, lots of places to sit and drink beer (and now there's no smoking in bars, even ones with live music, which was great). At one point I turned a corner and ran into a crowd of boys milling around playing bagpipes. I'm pretty sure that wasn't staged for my benefit. Stayed in a beautiful country house outside the city, guarded by large red cows with wide horns. Cold all the time. And lovely.