Beer with a view

Archie had a wonderful day - two of his pals came to take him out, Isobel in the morning, and Becky in the afternoon! And what a glorious day for it!

I popped up to the doctor to complain about my breathlessness, which is now evident in the slightest of exertions eg walking to the doctor's surgery. A blood test was done, off for an x-ray, and see them again next week. It's a wee detective puzzle - they have to rule out various things.

And so I went off (on a roundabout route) to have my x-ray. First of all, I had an ice cream at a newly refurbished Italian cafe/restaurant. Then I popped over the road to the National Library to see the 'Scotland after the War' exhibition. But the best part wasn’t even in that exhibition - it was a display of all the winning entries in the 2018 Bookbinding Competition. Absolutely beautiful entries from all over Europe.

I then walked down Victoria Street in the sunshine. I had to force myself to keep on walking as I passed the wonderful fish and chip restaurant we tried the other day...

But I didn’t keep on walking past the newly opened bar/restaurant in the Grassmarket. I'd seen a photo on Instagram, so I knew there was a roof garden, with a view of castle. And pretty good it is too. The two restaurants are gorgeous, one with a huge tiled pizza oven, with windows all along one wall showing the brewery part. Fantastic.

I walked staggered up the Very Long, Very Steep Miss Jean Brodie Steps, popped in to the x-ray department, before strolling home through the Meadows, which were just gorgeous.

When I came home, the builders had gone, but I really didn’t see a huge amount done, just a hole in the outside wall for the new extractor fan, but I’m sure there was other stuff.

8,098 steps! No wonder I’m puggled.