Busy weekend in The Mercat Bar, and despite being off on Saturday I ended up helping and had a bit of banter with the groups who who were in for breakfast.
From the Mecat it was onto Princes Street where Edinburgh Castle was looking splendid.
Took ourselves into the Standing Order where le vin rouge was the order of the day and had a good blether to a couple of the older clients, reminiscing about "Honest John" the "Flying Conductor" - who for many years, as a hobby, bought himself seats on the inaugural flights of aircraft around the world, and in his later years was sent tickets by the airlines as gifts.
Took ourselves into the Standing Order where le vin rouge was the order of the day and had a good blether to a couple of the older clients, reminiscing about "Honest John" the "Flying Conductor" - who for many years, as a hobby, bought himself seats on the inaugural flights of aircraft around the world, and in his later years was sent tickets by the airlines as gifts.
We headed off to the Balmoral Hotel where we were booked in for High Tea, which was part of our X-mas gift. Tea, pink Bollinger Champagne, neat sandwiches, scones with cream and jam, and strawberry tarts - eaten to the strains of music played by the resident harpist. All very civilised and the place was busy too.
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