Weekend 2

Sunday was a very enjoyable day. A sleep in and then off to the Gathering 2009 - http://www.clangathering.org/

We got the bus to the Royal Mile and then walked down to Holyrood Park and entered the arena. Firstly, I watched fell runners complete the Nairn's Fell Run - a 7km run up and around Arthur's Seat - all finishers received a years supply of oatcakes from Nairn's!

From there I went to the Talisker Whisky Tasting tent. This was good. I was intoxicated from the whisky fumes before I even had a chance to sample any of the drams on offer.

I tried three different Taliskers - 10 year old, Distillers Edition and the 57 degrees - www.taliskerwhisky.com - they were all particularly good. If I were to choose my favourite then it would certainly have been the Distillers Edition.

I left the Talisker tent feeling slightly pished and we then had a look round the rest of the Gathering. Some venison biltong from the food zone sobered me up a bit!

We watched some of the Highland Dancing and then the Caber Tossing from the World Championship Highland Games. I thought that Sinky might have been competing but I didn't see him.

I was disappointed to see that some chump called Neighbour from Australia won the Highland Games! I wonder if he lived in Ramsey Street...

After the Gathering had ended, we headed back up the Royal Mile, stopping at Canongate Kirk - http://www.canongatekirk.org.uk/ - and for some fudge at one of the fudge kitchens.

It was the first time that I had walked up the Royal Mile for a long time. It would make some pub crawl! Starting at Jenny Ha's and having a pint in every pub until the Ensign Ewart - 20 + pubs maybe?

We then walked down Victoria Street and had a couple of steaks, al fresco, at Petit Paris - http://www.petitparis-restaurant.co.uk/ - in the Grassmarket. The unbearable American tourists sitting next to us almost ruined it but the food was good so big deal.

From there we walked to Cineworld at FountainPark and watched Bruno, easily one of the most offensive films ever made.

Here's a taster if you haven't seen it (Bruno to a mother auditioning her baby for fashion shoots);

Brüno: We have chosen your baby to be dressed as a Nazi Officer, pushing a wheelbarrow, with a Jewish baby, into an oven!

Wow.