A wet day but at Festival Time so what.

Before I forget, yet more chaos on the roads as the A720 ground to a standstill about 4 pm this afternoon,  this time we were on a bus heading home and fortunately were not trapped in the long queues around the Fairmilehead and Straiton areas.   Like yesterday, no idea what the cause was.

Headed into Edinburgh this morning (despite the rain which had returned).  First call from the bus stop was coffee in the Peacock lounge of the Warldof Caledonian Hotel.  where being realistic, nice to get a better coffee than Starbucks,  in a cup and in nice surroundings.

The Edinburgh Festival and Fringe well under way and the town was busy,  a wander through the old Nor Loch ( Princes Street Gardens)  watched over by Edinburgh Castle.

PAst the Ross Band Stand where a group of young musicians were playing ,

Along to the famous floral clock, which as usual is looking good,

Couple of street artists nearby before we went into the art gallery.

 The Art gallery was very busy as folks came in to shelter from the rain, some lovely and interesting paintings.

Running out of puff and in need of R & R , we headed for the Standing Order, where the "Pole Dancer"! was on duty - nice to see him, passed a couple of hours before the bus home.

Sun supposed to shine tomorrow - wait and see.