New Year's Eve - 2011, and things are rocking.

Tonight's the night, I think, unless today is the end of the world - the next apocalypse might be this afternoon the way folks were shopping and the chaos in the Tesco car park this morning - once again , the shops will close for a few hours and panic reigns.

So last night over seven thousand people took part in the torchlight parade from the High Street to the Calton Hill, a river of light. Tonight the authorities expect around 80,000 revellers to pack into the City Centre for the various concerts / bands performing around the Castle and the Princes Street Gardens - with a massive fireworks display at Midnight to bring in 2012. for a change there is also to be smaller "taster displays" at 10 pm and 11pm.

Last night we went to see the Queen tribute, "We will Rock You", at the Edinburgh Playhouse, the show was excellent, seats expensive, however we were unfortunate enough to be sitting two rows behind a couple of large gents so our view of the stage was reduced by about 20% - BUT, for some reason there were about seventy empty seats to the front right of me, looked like a block booking by a tour company who never turned up, so we were able to move over and had an excellent clear view of the show.

I was really surprised at the numbers of people who were up[ and down along their rows disturbing everyone while they headed to the toilet or bars - then we had a couple of "females" who were "half cut", plonk themselves down near us, feet over the seats in front of them, glasses in hand, and then they started texting on their mobile phones. Eventually - probably to to either minuscule brains, short attention spans, boredom, or the need for more drink they upped and left us in peace.

As the second half of the show progressed the audience warned up and there was some dancing in the isles, plenty of swinging and swaying, and great cheers when Brian May appeared to play his solo. An excellent show - worth seeing for any fan of the fabulous "Queen" and the late Freddie Mercury. - No photos as I was forbidden to take my camera.

Today, the Mercat Bar is open till 2 a.m. but I am off to The Dolphin Inn, which, in order to avoid any problems will be closed early - it is a shame that because of the actions of a few idiots that the majority suffer - it would have been nice to have had a Hogmanay Dinner Party, - perhaps next year.

It is now 2 p.m. here and the temperature is about 9 C - meantime the news from the Hilton WaterFalls, Sharm El Sheikh, is that it is a nice afternoon /evening and there are eight hundred guests about to party -