Easter Monday - tourists on board

Bitter freezing cold Easter Monday morning , but with bright sunshine so I decided to wrap up and use the motor bike. Got into the town and of course the motor cycle bay was taken up by lorries unloading so I had to go around the block to the Hilton hotel, to get parked. Yet another problem caused by the tram works and continual delays.

Easter Monday and the town was quiet, plenty of tourists around, and from what I heard Edinburgh Zoo was jam packed with crowds there to see the new monkey house. Eventually, our customers arrived, from France, India, Ireland, England, and locally. The French group had flown in from Marseille by Ryan Air, hired a camper van and had been to Perth, Fort William, Oban, etc., and were on their way back to the airport. The Indian lads were heading for Glenkinchie Distillery at Pencaitland, ( a lovely single malt whiskey - and also the makers of Haig,s Dimple blended whisky) before driving south to London - but seemed to think they could fit in a quick run to Pitlochry to see the salmon ladder, and to Pittenweem, Fife, just a bit impossible.
One couple were in for breakfast before their twelve mile walk round Arthur's Seat, down to Leith and back up into the City. As it was the lady's birthday , she was coming back for dinner, with 10% discount, of course.

NCP are playing silly works again, their system is rubbish so we are having to produce our evidence to say that we have a parking permit - I wish they could get simple things right.

Headed home early, roads were busy with the weekend holidaymakers heading north, worse than Sunday drivers - sun still shining so a few more weeds bit the dust.

Had a call from The Johnston's of Egham, who have had a peaceful weekend due to the fact that the "Little Roses" with parents of course are in Antwerp for a couple of weeks. To, Mrs. J. just to confirm that your sender in Egham made the mistake, asked for a Friday delivery.

Mrs. B's big treat for Easter was to be driven round Penicuik's new roundabout !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A few years ago we spent an Easter with Wayne and Mary Kief in Westchester , P.A., USA, and on Easter Day they had a wonderful Easter egg treasure hunt the boys had a great day- all the houses and gardens were beautifully decorated, it was marvellous. We then headed up to New York where the weather changed and we had blizzards, folks were stranded outside the city in deep drifts, and when we climbed the Statue of Liberty I could not see a thing due to the snow - old memories, including the fact that having climbed all the way to the top and back down again, I could hardly walk when I reached the bottom - only consolation was that had the place been busy I would have been climbing the spiral staircase cheek to cheek with a stranger!!!!!!!

Only consolation was that Macy's store was fantastically beautiful with the entire store decked out in massive floral displays - now I only have a field of daffodils to look at.