Made it into the city by bus to find that there was next to no snow in sight. The fun fare and Ferris Wheel in Princes Street Gardens were busy, must have been chilly in the gondolas, but the view would be good.
Made it to the Standing Order where I bumped into a number of people I knew, so while waiting for the "management Team" of Kia and ray to join me and Archie I whiled away the hours with a little red wine.
From the SO it was a wander along to see "smelly" Gillian at Fraser's where I received a liberal dousing of Guerulin after shave.
On to the Mercat Bar where they were holding a wine tasting night, this time all bubbly wines supplied by Cockburn,s Wine Merchants.
Nice group and with Sparky Mark we joined the Axios systems table. Also present was Sandra ( the Diver) from North Berwick, who know some of my friends of old. Sandra is involved with the lifeboat and also the 1st Responders. A free spirit who travels the world - as this picture of her in a shark cage off South Africa shows.
The meal was superb, with smoked salmon, spicy sausage. mussels; aubergine and truffle soup; strawberry mousse and some excellent cheeses.
With Sparky in tow we eventually walked the length of Princes Street and caught the night bus home.
Sadly , today, a man walking down the icy steps carrying his child fell, struck his head and died in hospital.
Rather tired this morning, about eight inches (overall) of snow on the ground, so after some digging we managed to get the car out and joined the convoy to the shops. Bit of a surprise when I met Ian (Shakey) Stevens and Peter (Neebs) Nicholson - who I had not seen for ages.
Home eventually, seriously perturbed by the lazy drivers who cannot clear snow off their cars and drive about with mountains of the stuff on the roof and bonnet which at times does obscure their view and driving.
Whole country suffering ( apart from Bald eagle @ Rab Robertson) who is in for a shock to the system when he get off the flight from Egypt.
Going to be a cold one tonight with projected -5c here and as low as -16 up north - so we will need to keep our "posteriors" covered tonight..
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