Edinburgh

We travelled through and stayed with our daughter in Edinburgh on Tusday night. Edinburgh is a difficult place to park during the day. We were able to park free round the corner from 5.30pm till 8.30am next morning. But by 8.15am, there were already 3 walking parking attendants and one on a moped.
We made sure we were away by 8.30am.

Our first stop was North Berwick. As you can see from the photos, it was sunny and quite warm.
We stayed there till about midday. But we drove up to the top of the town where we found a 10am Mass at Our Lady Star of the Sea.
It was a beautiful little Church, and after Mass I took some photos and had a chat with one of the parishioners, Mr McLaughlin, whose son Stephen turns out to be involved in film music in Holywood.
We then went back to the Main Street and had a coffee.

Next on the tour was Dunbar, the birthplace of the naturalist John Muir. We had a bite to eat, and then after some brief shopping, we headed down the Coastal route into England at Berwick Upon Tweed.

On the was we stopped off for a look at another Collegiate Church, Dunglass Church, founded in 1443 by Sir Alexander Home.

This town has had an eventful history, and has been on both sides of the Border separating England and Scotland. Today it is in English Hands.

We bravely ignored the Butcher displaying bags of Pork Scratchings, and the stall selling freshly made doughnuts!

Then it was back to Edinburgh via Coldstream.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar

http://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-702-s&va=dunbar+scotland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunglass_Collegiate_Church,_East_Lothian

http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/propertyresults/propertydetail.htm?PropID=PL_109

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/berwick-upon-tweed-castle-and-ramparts/,_