A visit to the castle took care of this morning.
The castle is shown in the top photo, then the second picture shows the interior of the Great Hall, which at one time was converted to a three storey barracks for hundreds of troops. The gent on the horse in the third picture is Earl Haig, a somewhat controversial WW1 commander ('Butcher Haig') born in Edinburgh.
Then, after a quick sandwich, we joined Mercat Tours' 'Historic Underground' tour, exploring some of the history of Edinburgh, in particular the vaults under the South Bridge, which was completed in 1788. These vaults were created soon afterwards, but after being filled with rubble in the 1800s they were rediscovered by the owner of a bar in the 1980s. The rubble has been cleared - apart from the odd skeleton - and the vaults have been 'reborn' as offices, bars, clubs, and tourist destinations.
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