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April 30th 2010

Published: May 1st 2010

Scotland! Edinburgh! I love it! I'm not sure why though, it's even more Grey than London - but there is something about this place that sits well with me enough to want to move here (except the strong winds - you can piss those right off). Just over 4 hours train ride from London and I arrived in the centre of the Scottish capital - Edinburgh. Again, with all the historic buildings and history (... Read Full Entry

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Julia Bradley

thebrad

I'm off exploring again, this time to the weird and wonderful area of South East Asia. In this 4 week race I'll be checking out Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam to discover all it has to offer, and of course eat my way around these countries. This time it's one month off work and a break from giving people a nice green tracksuit to wear and exploring South East Asia by plane, train, boat and kyack. So, on my 30 days without communicating with all of you, I'll try to use this blog site to document my predicted travel disasters, show a few photos of my weird and wonderful adventure and pr... full info

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Highland snow

Ruins in Edinburgh

with me in running gear thinking I would run up the hill - it didn't happen!

Holyrood Castle

Where the Queen stays when in Edinburgh - view from Arthurs Seat

Inside Edinburgh Castle

Lots of stairs to climb and cobbled streets to fall over onto

View from the guns

Not a bad place for a fortress

RIP

War memorial inside Edinburgh Castle

More Castle

If you're going to build a house, build it on a rock

Where the Scottish crown jewels are

and where they remain - I sussed out the vaults and figured they'd beat me no matter how 'solid' i think i am

3rd May 2010

Dad
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your Scottish soldier
"I do love a bloke in a skirt" - think you've been around Oxford Street too long, Fred. Suggest you apply for desk job when you return!

5th May 2010

Juzzy
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jealous
damn, wish I was meeting you there instead of thailand. I'm impressed; climbing, drinking and a history lesson - not bad. Yup theres just something about Scotland and in particular Edinburgh. Its on our blood. So when are we moving? keep up the blog and take care with all the blondes - they might mistake you and become confused!

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