tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post4598087581147462921..comments2023-10-10T12:38:41.200+01:00Comments on Musings from a muddy island: Edinburgh in OctoberJuliethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-15465378876434524722008-12-09T21:52:00.000+00:002008-12-09T21:52:00.000+00:00Kim - sounds as though you need to plan a good lon...Kim - sounds as though you need to plan a good long trip to take in all these places. Let me know which flight you're on and I'll organise a welcoming party on the muddy island. (Seriously - you must cross the Pond again soon!)<BR/><BR/>WSth - yep, the Dome's in George Street, backing on to Jenners. Lucky you living there so long. Somewhere I've always wanted to live myself, but probably too stuck in the Mersea mud to get away now!<BR/><BR/>Joanna - I fully intend to continue my one-yearly fix of Edinburgh. But oh, to be able to take a long enough break from work to 'do' the Festivals! Dream on . . .<BR/><BR/>M - The loos were indeed a revelation. As for the bill, I'm slightly ashamed to say that I wasn't picking up the tab, so I've no idea how much our two pots of tea (with complimentary chocs, one of which is still at the bottom of my handback because I can't bring myself to spoil the wrapper by eating it!) cost. I feel terrible now - they were probably extortionate!<BR/><BR/>Susie - thanks. Must catch up with your blog again soon - I've been a bit out of the blogosphere loop recently.<BR/><BR/>James - except on Mersea of course, where there is an afternoon tea establishment of considerable apeal! (memo to self: must investigate and take photos of the artcafe loos soon . . .)Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-69844473280895628832008-12-04T13:17:00.000+00:002008-12-04T13:17:00.000+00:00love 'the dome', far too few places such as this t...love 'the dome', far too few places such as this to drink coffee, take afternoon tea etc. these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-28517848130594272302008-12-03T21:44:00.000+00:002008-12-03T21:44:00.000+00:00Smashing pix. Thanks for posting them. I love Ed...Smashing pix. Thanks for posting them. I love Edinburgh.Susie Verekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15231577537523515291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-57914280685978286322008-12-03T13:18:00.000+00:002008-12-03T13:18:00.000+00:00Worth the six week wait ;) Lots of new places to v...Worth the six week wait ;) Lots of new places to visit next time I'm in Edinburgh (at least once a year) - thanks for sharing<BR/><BR/>JoannaJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790888857849562408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-68444508828067201412008-12-03T10:03:00.000+00:002008-12-03T10:03:00.000+00:00I'm so glad that you decided to write this post, J...I'm so glad that you decided to write this post, J; it was really worth waiting for! You visited all the places I would try to fit in if I had only one day in Edinburgh. My memory of visiting The Dome (which our family refers to as The Bank) is of an extremely expensive lunch in very grand surroundings - the ladies' loo compensating for the shock of the bill. The photos, as ever, brilliant.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-2379895546853651922008-12-03T08:43:00.000+00:002008-12-03T08:43:00.000+00:00Thanks for the nostalgia trip! I lived in Edinburg...Thanks for the nostalgia trip! I lived in Edinburgh for 8 years (a long time ago) and still have much love for the city. The Cafe Royal is fabulous - wonderful to know it is still thriving. Would I be right in thinking the Dome is at the back of Jenners'? It looks very familiar.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575696613288942467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-32918369226155734202008-12-03T01:02:00.000+00:002008-12-03T01:02:00.000+00:00Oh dear. More photos that make me want to travel f...Oh dear. More photos that make me want to travel far from home. If I ever get back to your side of the pond (and it took me decades to make my first trip) I have to get to the north of England and all that countryside photographed by Mrs. UHDD at Up Hill Down Dale and to Edinburgh and to the Holy Island. As I say, oh dear.Kim Velkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729808121762572706noreply@blogger.com