101 - wed 9 aug - york/edinburgh

we got up and packed up the tent. we cleaned it off pretty good, and decided that we would try and take it back to the store (the edinburgh branch of the store) and exchange it. it was just too tiny.

it was a long drive to edinburgh. we got there at around 4 pm. the streets were busy, streets lined with posters, lots of signs and flags and banners et cetera. edinburgh festival. at the tourist centre we booked accommodation in a guesthouse for the night, deciding not to spend another night in our tent. we also bought some tickets for a show later in the evening.

after dropping the car at the guesthouse we caught the bus back into town and wandered around the old city, which is a great place just to wander around, especially during festival time. we braved high street, with its incessant waves of amateur thespians and comedians shoving flyers into your hands, club promoters trying to give you vouchers for things, buskers, street performance. some people playing on a giant scrabble board. that kind of thing. we found dinner at a pub in edinburgh's newer half, and then killed some time at an internet cafe before going to our show.

david o'doherty was who we saw and he was piss funny. his 'low-energy musical whimsy' was perfect. it was a good start to our edinburgh festival fun.