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After so many weeks in more rural parts of the country, being in Edinburgh was bound to be a bit of a shock to our systems, and so it has proven. It’s no fault of the city’s — it’s imposing and attractive, in many ways looking like a looming version of Bath. Add the fact that we’ve all been feeling less than 100%, and the weather has been resolutely Scottish, and it’s not really been a fair shake.
But, if our weather luck was going to run out, best that it happen in a city, where we can tour a castle, visit a museum, and duck into cafés and shops along the Royal Mile, in the (quite old) New Town, and in trendy Stockbridge (where we stayed).
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