Maria had been talking about going to visit 'Auld Reekie', or Edinburgh as it's more commonly known, for the last few months and we had finally arranged to have an overnight stay in the capital city. The arrangements didn't go totally to plan though, we were meant to meet David's cousin, Lyal, in Edinburgh so he could take us into the Castle for free but he was struck down sick. Ian, David's dad, drove us to Edinburgh and dropped us as close to our accommodatio...

With multiple alarms buzzing & ringing, it was another 5am start to our day. We should be getting used to them by now, but no, it's still hard to drag yourself out of bed at that time of day despite the excitement of a trip ahead. We are getting more proficient in airport, having everything on hand for check in and everything tucked away for security screening - David didn't even get the usual 'you have been picked at random' for a second search - so there wa...