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A lovely sunny day for a fly past by the Red Arrows, after all the pomp and pageantry on show on the Royal Mile in Edinb...
05/07/2023

A lovely sunny day for a fly past by the Red Arrows, after all the pomp and pageantry on show on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh’s Old Town.

Today King Charles was presented with the Honours of Scotland (the Scottish Crown Jewels and Stone of Destiny) at a National Service of Thanksgiving at St Giles' Cathedral. The last time this happened was for his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

The celebrations started with a People’s Procession walking down from Edinburgh Castle and it was accompanied by The Royal Regiment of Scotland, together with their Shetland pony mascot, Corporal Cruachan IV. There were plenty of pipes, drums and military bands followed by the Honours of Scotland being escorted in a car to St Giles.
Finally came the 21 gun salute from the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle and rounded off nicely by a precision fly past by the Red Arrows over the Royal Mile and the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

On this day in 1759 Robert Burns was born. As Scotland's national poet his fame has spread throughout the world. Today i...
25/01/2023

On this day in 1759 Robert Burns was born. As Scotland's national poet his fame has spread throughout the world. Today in The Scottish National Portrait Gallery it was lovely to see floral wreaths laid in tribute by his statue - including one from the American Consulate.

Surprisingly fundraising for this statue didn't start in Edinburgh or Scotland, but in Mumbai (then called Bombay) in India in 1812. John Flaxman, one of the best classical sculptors of his day, was commissioned to sculpt the marble statue in 1824. His sculpture has Rabbie holding a bunch of daisies as a reference to his poem "To A Mountain Daisy".

In the end the money raised by public subscription was so great that there was enough to build a commemorative monument where
Burns' statue would be housed.
The Burns Monument was completed by Thomas Hamilton on 8th September 1831 and still stands on Regent Road on Calton Hill, surrounded by a poetry garden. Later the statue was moved to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery to protect it from environmental damage.

If you're in Edinburgh pop in and see it yourself.
Have a great Burns Night wherever you are in the world!

Earlier today I was on tour walking through Princes Street Gardens with a lovely Canadian family when the 21 gun salute ...
11/09/2022

Earlier today I was on tour walking through Princes Street Gardens with a lovely Canadian family when the 21 gun salute was fired from Edinburgh Castle’s ramparts. Later this afternoon I watched, along with many other people, as the late Queen Elizabeth’s cortège passed by on the way to The Palace of Holyroodhouse. The end of an era and a unique moment in history.

With so many festivals taking place in August in Edinburgh, visitors and locals are spoilt for choice. Yesterday I was a...
24/08/2022

With so many festivals taking place in August in Edinburgh, visitors and locals are spoilt for choice. Yesterday I was at the Edinburgh International Book Festival which has been running annually since 1983 and has grown to become the largest public celebration of the written word in the world.
I was lucky enough to be in the audience listening to Diana Gabaldon as she talked about the Outlander phenomenon. Of course I couldn’t miss the opportunity to buy and have her sign my copy of ‘Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone.’
Surrounded by so many happy readers perhaps it’s no coincidence that Edinburgh was made the first UNESCO City of Literature!

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