So after the races we had a couple of hours to kill before Silent Disco.  Now for those trendy festival loving people, you will know what Silent Disco is all about (Silent Disco are due to attend the Reading Festival this year). Any way this is the most bizarre disco I have ever been to, 

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So Tuesday night we headed over to Musselburgh Racecourse for the Fringe Racenight.  It was a shame it was raining.  It was a 6 race event and was quite good fun, despite the rain. The Fringe Racenight  is billed as  an evening at the races with a difference. Alongside all the fun and excitement of

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Well, well, well.  We have been trying like mad to get tickets for this, so rang the venue and got two ticket. For £37 you get a three course dinner and the comedy, which leaves your sides aching with laughter. Basically, you dine with snobbish, manic Basil; his domineering wife, Sybil; and hopelessly confused waiter,

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So while at the Pleasance Courtyard we booked some tickets for Alba Flamenca at the Lot in Grassmarket. Now a few years ago we ate in the restaurant below the Lot and it was not a pleasant experience and we walked out after our starter. BUT the Lot is what looks like a small church

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So Sunday afternoon we headed out to the Meadows and Fringe Sunday.  The buzz in Edinburgh this time of year is just awesome.  The sheer amount of extra people is just amazing. So the Meadows attracted and extra 100,000 people to see the free events.  The Meadows is a large park next to what used

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I know I am a bit late, but on Saturday we took the 0830 train from Kings Cross up to Edinburgh to spend a few days at the festival. The journey didn’t start too well.  It usually take about 4 and half hours to get up to Edinburgh, but this time it took an exta

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