The advantage of a fantasy holiday is that I can ignore the fact that it’s a long way away from the South of England, the weather will probably be freezing and the Fringe will be cancelled (or if it isn’t cancelled then the accommodation will be ruinously expensive).
So anyway, I’m definitely going on a not at all fictional holiday to Edinburgh by train with DH who has never been. We’re going to climb Arthur’s Seat, see the castle, wander around, drink whisky in enticing little bars, wander through the Old Town, probably go on a ghost walk because I can’t resist a ghost walk, see the body of Burke/Hare in a museum (if I recall correctly?) and do the Fringe which is definitely not going to be cancelled. What else?
And where are we going to stay? I’ve only ever stayed in depressingly corporate hotels. Where’s nice?
And then because it’s such a long way we need to tick off lots of things we’ve always wanted to see, so we’re going to do a tourist bus day trip to see the Falkirk Wheel and the Kelpies.
But the other thing we need to do is cross the Forth Rail Bridge, which is on DH’s bucket list. Where can you go North from Edinburgh on a day trip by train across the bridge which has a pleasant place for a pub lunch, and ideally somewhere for a bracing walk or a castle/abbey to visit etc? Or is my geography hopelessly wrong and this is Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves level of navigation?
And if we also wanted to add on a stay in some properly Scottish countryside with lochs/stags/glens/mountains etc (car hire probably required at this point), where would we go?
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Help me plan a fantasy holiday to Edinburgh
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FindMeAHolidayPlz · 20/01/2021 18:55
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