Iain Banks I presume.....

......no, Ian Rankin actually.

Nah, I don't really think that was the conversation exchange in the Blue Blazer this evening. However, Ian Rankin, crime noverlist extrandonaire popped in for a swift G&T*, and within 5 mins the bearded one had noticed him and sprung up clutching a copy of a Rebus novel, albeit asking most politely for a signature.

You could see the regulars at the bar shooting daggers at the beared one...this is Edinburgh, even if Michael Jackson's ghost walked in with Michael Hutchence bringing up the rear, we'd ignore them to get on with their pint.....that's the rules in Edinburgh pubs.....break them at your peril.

Swift couple with Edwards' Eye after work today; we'd both had enough. Walked most of the way home after my bus broke down at the west end, but it was warm and pleasent so I didn't mind.

*Blue Blazer has Bombay Saphire on the optic as the house gin. I think it's heaps better than Gordon's, but not all of the ruined mothers agree.