Finally, August-type weather

This weekend finally found us some nice weather and we actually got some stuff done in the garden. Managed to mow the lawn, get rid of all the weeds in the strip between front lawn and driveway, Abi pruned the blackcurrant bush (the very small crop have already started the conversion into a small amount of cassis), and we even managed to eat the first five haricot vertes off our bean plants! It doesn't sound like that much, but I'm sure we had a productive weekend. Oh and Abi got very sunburnt on her back and her right thigh!

Edinburgh July 2010

We spent last weekend in Edinburgh with my Mum and Dad, seeing museums, general sights, eating, drinking, and generally chilling out. Though we did walk quite a bit, not good for Abi as her blisters had still not completely recovered from last weeks exertions up Ben Lawers.

The National Museum of Scotland is huge, and has a lot in it. Abi and I had seen the pre-history stuff before, so we went to look at other stuff, including the Lewis Chessmen. We also went to see the Scottish Parliament. (Man this is reading like a primary school "What did you do at the weekend" kinda blog!) The main debating chamber I thought was pretty cool; but as you walk around the building you see a lot of the concrete bits of structure close up, which is a bit odd, and detracts from the better parts of the building.

Otherwise we found a couple of good pubs, one from the Good Beer Guide (naturally), a not so good Indian restaurant on Rose Street, and a good Italian nearer the hotel. Of course, as soon as we got back home, the McMillans arrived, with a crazy son! So we don't feel like we've stopped for quite a while. It'll be nice to not do anything this weekend.