Fotos phrom the phringe

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival!! What a way to see Edinburgh. The festival runs every August and brings performers of all sorts to the city. Pen and I took a much needed but guilty weekend off the flat. We visited friends of ours John and Vicki and their 4 boys (insane I tell ya!) Friday night for a cheeky wee chinese meal, then I went for a bike ride in the pouring rain with a few friends as we'd planned, however we did cancel the BBQ as it was wetter than the ocean floor outside. So we put the BBQ away and had a fantastic dinner (thanks Fi!), a few drinks and just relaxed at Fiona and Al's. It was all good.



Sunday we met up with Jen and Cairn and headed into Edinburgh for the festival....it was pretty cool. We just wandered around for a while looking at the street performers, and then stopped for lunch in a place called "the last drop" in the grass market. Story goes that as folk were executed in the grass market they'd go to this pub for their last pint of grog. True? Who knows...good story though. We then went in search of a show. We also caught up with Kiwi Dan and his gal Sally. I met Dan in Thailand and so it was good to catch up, but we didn't have much time to catch up as we immedietely jumped in to see a show called Greedy for £10. There is all manner of shows available. Ballet, comedy, plays, music or combinations of all of them plus much much more ranging from the strange and exotic to classic and expected. Greedy was quite funny and left us with a bemused smile on our faces everytime someone mentioned T-Rex's. The show was a series of short sketches, similar to chewing the fat or kids in the hall...not quite as funny....but not far off either.

Afterwards we all went for a final pint or 3 and a bite to eat. Pen, Jen, Cairn and myself left as we had other commitments (can anyone say renovations?) and took the train back to Stirling, with Dan and Sally promising to check out Stirling's history and pubs when Pen and I get our flat sorted....cool. The festival is definetely worth checking out, it really goes off and there is stuff to do of every description. So get your butts over here for the festival next August...we'll have a room for you!! Awesome weekend, but definetely felt guilty about doing virtually nothing with the flat....ah well, all work and no play makes Penny and Scott grumpy...and we're definitely smiling at the moment!

Definetely Edinburgh!

Definetely the Fringe!

How ya going mate?

This fellow was tied up when we went by ;o)


Wee Bobby Greyfriars, achieved immortality by staying by his masters side...even after his master died! Bobby slept and stayed near his master grave when his master was buried....I think Bobby did this till his own death...talk about loyal!

Lunch stop with Pen and Jen and Cairn

Pen got a bit hung up by the name....

Cairn and Jen

He'd certainly make doing the dishes a tad more interesting!

To top off a great day...a great sunset. Ahh what a weekend...now where did I put the toolbox, back to work we go.