The Oxford Bar, Young Street

Not such a spring day, rather drab and cool today, but still had a nice wander round the smaller streets behind Princes Street including Young Street, where I blipped the Oxford Bar.

The pub is chiefly notable for having been featured in Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus series of novels. The Oxford Bar, or The Ox, is John Rebus's favourite pub in Edinburgh to go for a drink.

Quintin Jardine's 2009 Bob Skinner novel, Fatal Last Words, also mentions the Oxford Bar considerably, again due to the connection with the local police force drinking there. There are a few other nods to Rankin too.

Other visitors to the bar have included actor Sean Connery and author Colin Dexter.

Hope everyone has had a fun Sunday!