Not For Sitting!

There are notices up on Portobello Promenade reminding us that it is for exercising on, not sitting down and /or eating and drinking ...  It was being well used today, but everyone was keeping their distance. As we were leaving, along came a police car, scattering the walkers and cyclists, making it rather difficult for them to maintain the required distance apart ....

But what were we doing down by the water in Portobello? Strictly speaking we should not have been there. We drove up   this morning to present ourselves at our bank (we use an English bank, and our nearest branch is in Edinburgh). The little plastic keypad thingy that we need for online banking died a couple of weeks ago, and TM's efforts to get the problem solved (two long and frustrating phone calls) resulted in them locking our account and telling us the only way to get access was to appear at our nearest branch with every kind of identification short of blood. So off we went, feeling like criminals, but luckily the roads were quiet and so was the city centre. We got two new plastic thingys, one each. I'd like to say we are up and running again, but no, we haven't quite managed that ... but hopefully we'll figure it out before we run out of cash and start receiving threatening letters about unpaid bills.

We thought it would be ok to take our permitted exercise down by the river. The Greek pastry take-away was open, so that was lunch sorted. I managed a few shots, without breaking stride, almost. The river has a line of cruise ships parked out in the middle, a strange sight.

I feel so much better for a change of scenery and a sight of the sea! (Extras)