Auld Years night - out with 2009 and in with the new

I awoke this morning to the sound of silence, yes, silence, which worried me - normally I would hear the sound of traffic - but today, nothing. I lay there wondering how much snow there would be on the road outside as that was the only possible reason. BUT, I was surprised to see a black road surface - so taking the chance when I could I headed into the town which was much quieter than usual.

It was all hands on deck at The Mercat where the kitchen staff were trying to get all prepped up for the day ahead, following a busy night last night.
Our clients appeared , including yesterday's ladies from Oz who were in for breakfast then heading off to London for the night and back to OZ on the 2 nd.

The City was filling up with tourists, even the No 100 Airport Express shuttle buses seemed to be busier than usual. Haymarket area was filling up with the "cave dwellers" appearing , bags and baggage; to take up residence in the many flats for rent in the vicinity.

Bit of a problem - we were the proverbial " pub with no beer" as the beer lorry had been in an accident - however er young RGB and myself headed East along a rather treacherous A 1 Road to Dunbar in two cars where we collected the missing beers and returned to Edinburgh. a bit of a hairy run at times but we made it. From there I had a quick jaunt to Bookers, but the nightmare was to go to ASDA at Chesser, which was totally gridlocked, jam packed, just unbelievable considering that the shops are only closed for a day !! Seems as though we go into a siege mentality at this time of year. I am sure there were folks who gave up trying to get out and who were pick nicking in their cars - others were squeezing their cars through the safety bollards and driving over the pavements.

Homeward in a light blizzard !! nothing to worry about and time to get the old feet up.

Watched Top of the Pops on BBC, nice to get a quick resume of the Hits of the 90's, even better to see SuBo ( Susan Boyle) outselling the majority, and with her currently in Japan where she is a tremendous hit, well done.