11 Oct 2023

 Woke up in Bamburgh. Had a full breakfast cause it was included.

Walked down to the castle - amazing place and history. They even had a little aviation museum cause Armstrong, the 1st owner was an inventor and invented plane things... engines?

We drove up the coast towards Scotland via the causeway that links Lindisfarne to the mainland when the tide is low (it was not low). You can get a boat out to the islands for tours and to see seals and puffins but we didn't have time to do one.

We went through a little town called Coldingham and walked through the ruin of an old Abbey/current graveyard. Also went through Dunbar which was a super cute little town and had so many buildings made with the red/pink stone from the area. In the 1st half of the 20th century they had an amazing pool/pleasure/leisure complex but it crumbled and was torn down by the 80s. Cute little walled harbour for the little boats.

Got to Edinburgh and found our place. Had snacky dinner and then went for an evening walk. On the way towards old town we saw a guy with a friend, walking along with a violin case. Marilla asked him if he knew of any sessions and he said he was actually on his way to one and told us where.

We walked around a bit of old town, some of the Royal Mile and up to the castle then headed to the little session. They were so lovely and welcoming. The guy we met in the street even lent me his violin so we played tunes and Marilla sang some songs of a couple of hrs. It was amazing.

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12.13 km