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A beautiful sunny morning had us all up and ready to go — by 10.30.

We had booked tickets for the Castle but when we got there we found they would not take dogs in so we split up – Carol and I went in first, and then Hisham and Jill after , while we looked after Tessa.

The self guided tour of the castle, without headphones and no tour guides was still pretty awesome, giving you a real sense of Scottish history and the roles of Scottish fighters in various wars.

Carol and I were able to be there for the 1 o’clock cannon salute, although, even when I had my camera trained onto the cannon, as it went off I was so surprised, my hand jerked upwards and all I got was sky (as opposed to the smoke of the cannon) !

spectacular views from all areas up top

We walked 500 miles

had recovery food and drink (well, at least I did)

Found the Gelateria for Italian / Scottish Ice cream (?)

and saw the beautiful architecture of the city.

covered miles of window shopping

and ended up having the much awaited pizza for early tea.

A thoroughly enjoyable touristy rest day (but to be honest we were all pretty exhausted by the end)

Back in the saddle tomorrow.