20p to use public conveniences!

Todays photo is a 20p coin. This is what you have to pay and go through a turnstile in Princess Mall in Edinburgh! Of course only one of our group had 20p coins and gave is all one so they were on our table until we were ready to use them. Of course it wasn't obvious to anyone where our next port of call was. I have to say though the public conveniences were very clean so perhaps 20p is the way to go!

Today I have been rather obsessed with our taxi driver of last night. You may remember he was a bloody nightmare. Well, I googled him today and there are very mixed opinions of him, some thought he was a great laugh (probably under the influence) and others thought he should not be driving. I have to confess I don't think I would travel again with him, he called my friend 'hen' to start then the other Elsie!

I will quote from the localheroes.wikia so you can get a feel of what we endured on a dark and cool night in Edinburgh!
"The gentleman has previously been a title contender for most dearranged taxi driver in existance. He would regularly entertain/scare customers, by means of a pink squaking plush toy to accompany his exteraneous rants, improv comedy skits and freestyle rap verses". It goes on to say, "this is all well and good, and definitely makes for an entertaining journey home at some ungodly hour in the morning but bear in mind you'd be likely be simultaneously laughing and secretly clutching the seats for dear life hoping he wouldn't smell the fear"!! This was us to a 't', especially as he flew round corners, scared us with tales of murder and kidnap! we were pleased to get out at the end of our journey.

We journeyed home on the train again today after a couple of hours or so in Primark looking for our bargains. The train journey couldn't go without a laugh either. A little girl of about 3 would not eat her sandwich! she was not getting anything else until she ate her samdwich, mum had crisps and chocolate biscuit but that was fine because she had eaten her sandwich. we lost count of the times we heard "When you've had your sandwich". They went to the shop carriage and came back with coffee for grandma who got a slap on the head just for being there we think, she got coffee, guess why, because grandma ate her sandwich! Even the lady in the shop knew that the little girl hadn't eaten her bloody sandwich. Anyway thankfully not eating the sandwich didn't prevent any of them sleeping. They were still asleep when we got off. I'm pleased we got off because I fear the 'sandwich war' could have gone on to Plymouth because neither mum nor 3 yr old was giving in!

So home at last. very tired, must be getting old. Now on a mission to sort out those poor boys in One Direction as I feel they are being pushed too hard. Instead of getting into a nice warm bed after the show last night they went straight to the airport to fly to London. When are they going to be able to rest and get rid of their colds. I bet it didn't cost them 20p to use public conveniences!