Rest day in Edinburgh

We used the showers in the Royal Forth YC, whilst the sausages were cooking in the oven for breakfast. Then we headed into the city centre on the bus, despite the driver not accepting John's English bus pass. Here we found a city tour bus with live commentary and climbed aboard. 

We alighted at Edinburgh Castle where we caught the end of the changing of the guard. We didn't go into the castle, and returned to the tour. HM the Queen is staying in Holyrood Palace, so the royal standard was up and security was tight. I had a scotch pie for lunch and we continued on the tour for a second circuit. We had the story about Greyfriars 'Bobby' twice, and John disbelieved it each time. 

We also saw the Scottish Parliament building and it is a memorable building, not necessarily for the right reasons. 

In the evening, we took the bus along the prom to Loch Fyne, where John had the haddock and I had the cod. Both were very tasty.