Edinburgh

Yesterday we decided to escape the London heatwave and head north. We went to Kings Cross Station and headed for Platform 9 3/4 to catch our train to Edinburgh. It was a smooth fast train with loads of room and great scenery, mainly very green fields dotted with white sheep with black faces. At Newcastle we saw a bridge that looked just like a smaller version of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
On arrival at in Edinburgh around 2.30pm, after booking in at our hotel, we expolored the Royal Mile, which is a cobblestone Street steeped in history, with Edinburgh Castle at one end and the Palace of Holyrood House at the other. It is magnificent. We wandered around Edinburgh Castle where you get a wonderful view over Edinburgh and can see everything. We saw a cannon that took 100 men to move and prisons where they have kept prisoners of war for hundreds of years. We saw the crown jewels and the room where Mary Queen of Scotts gave birth to King James. WHEN WE CAME OUT, 1 1/2 hours later, the mist had rolled in. We couldn't see 2 metres in front of us and the temperature had dropped at least 10 degrees. It was freaky. After dinner we got more history on a ghost tour in the underground town. The guide was an excellent sstoryteller and made it pretty scary and realistic especially as it was so dark and all we had was her candle. Going down out of the mist helped create the mood as well. We have computers here but cant upload phots so I will do that later.