Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Edinburgh - Food Restaurant - Tuk Tuk (Indian)

10 miles from holiday cottage






Opposite Kings theatre Edinburgh



Pantry




Tasty  Tuk Tuk wallah staff curry

Platform 5 vindaloo curry

Excellent selection of "mezze" snack size portions
railway station lamb curry






Sunday, January 3, 2016

Edinburgh - Food Stockbridge street market


 Sunday market at Stockbridge 10:00a.m.-16:00p.m.


 The gyoza (dumplings) are so good,
we went back an hour later and bought several portions for the freezer.



Fantastic paella at £4 a large portion


Italian cheesemonger with pesto




Greek grilled chicken kebab in pitta

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Food. Farm shop Dunfermline - Bankhead

10 miles from holiday cottage on the A985 to Kincardine
Check for seasonal opening




 multi coloured small turnips

3 coloured carrots
and golden beetroot

 red and green curly kale



Sunday, December 6, 2015

Dunfermline Cafe and Arts

6 miles from holiday cottage





 Cafe - lovely coffee, chocolate and cake.
Brunch and lunch.
Good service.
Pleasant, relaxing atmosphere.



 The original firemans pole
The fire engines have moved elsewhere.



Arts and crafts display






 Clean toilets



Sunday, September 27, 2015

Food - Restaurant. South Queensferry - Forth bridges. Hawes Inn




historic pub serves food and real ale.

4 miles from the holiday cottage












Historic Forth Rail bridge
You can see this from the holiday cottage front windows.


2 companies operate boat trips on the Forth.
This one is Maid of the Forth, you can get off at Inchcolm Island,
 have a picnic and catch one of the sailings back when you are ready.
maid of the forth boat tour
An informative commentary about the sea life.

Forth boat tours






                                                              Hawes Inn garden



                                                                     Lifeboat station

Edinburgh bus tour Walk tour. Tram

From airport (or Ingleston)  to city centre 



                                                           Edinburgh open top bus tours
                                             A great way to acclimatise and learn about a city

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Glasgow - Clyde side motor museum. Peoples palace

One hour from  holiday cottage near Edinburgh
via Kincardine bridge



to S.S.E.C




The Hydro


 Multi storey car park

Peoples palace and winter gardens


Friday, August 7, 2015