Och aye - the news

Last Thursday, Caz and I jetted off to Edinburgh to put ourselves through two gruelling days of CA2. Once all those festivities were done, her and him came up for a weekend of seeing sights, eating food and drinking a drink. Then Caz and MD would fall asleep, as it is well documented that all (to be) married people are utterly useless when it comes to partaying.

Still, much fun was had by all. If I was to choose a UK city to live in other than good ol' Manc, it'd likely be Edinburgh. Despite not taking a camera, we still managed to get a few pics on my phone:

First off, a fox in the grounds of Edinburgh castle that Caz and I stumbled across, during a romantic stroll round Edinburgh on the Thursday night. The bit later on where I enticed Caz into an unlit graveyard, then ran away to leave her screaming at me in the darkness was sadly never recorded for posterity.

The statue of Greyfriar's Bobby, the story of whom I'm sure you're all familiar with.

Me in 'comedy' pose outside my sister's old gaff on the Royal Mile.

The might fine Christmas tree in Jenners (like a Scottish 'arrods, fine to look around as long as you don't want anything).

An excerpt from a sign at (another) cemetary, highlighting the various luminaries that rest there. Most impressive was Adam Smith, but that's not what caught my eye. Childishly, #15 had me giggling for a good five minutes after.

(NB #16 is also notable, if only for the reason that she's apparently famous just for shagging someone else more famous (I forget who) - and I thought that sort of 'celebrity' was just a modern day thing).

An obscure one - a fairly nondescipt building, but with an interesting story. In summary, due to a high incidence of people pinching corpses from the cemetarys and flogging them off, such buildings were put up so the resident guard could make sure no-one was leaving the adjacent graveyard in a non-conventional way.

And finally, a bit of humour - readers of Viz especially might get the reference. If you look closely at the sign it all becomes clear, but still - a piece of advertising genius.

Huh? Wha'? I've been following the sage advice on this site for a few months now, but suddenly it's all gone very theoretical and techy. Luckily my normal play doesn't get as in depth as this, else you'd have to wait a good five minutes each time for me to work it all out before I folded.