![](thumb_IMG_2063.jpg) Princes Street outside the hotel May 2010 |
![](thumb_IMG_2067.jpg) The castle |
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![](thumb_IMG_2069.jpg) in the castle forecourt |
![](thumb_IMG_2070.jpg) exit from the forecourt |
![](thumb_IMG_2071.jpg) the Royal Mile |
![](thumb_IMG_2074.jpg) St Giles Cathedral |
![](thumb_IMG_2075.jpg) piano practice |
![](thumb_IMG_2076.jpg) John Knox's house |
![](thumb_IMG_2078.jpg) Calton Hill |
![](thumb_IMG_2078a.jpg) the new Parliament from Calton Hill |
![](thumb_IMG_2078b.jpg) and from the hill opposite ... |
![](thumb_IMG_2078c.jpg) ... up to Arthur's Seat |
![](thumb_IMG_2079.jpg) the debating chamber |
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![](thumb_IMG_2081a.jpg) Holyrood House from Calton Hill |
![](thumb_IMG_2082.jpg) the forecourt |
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![](thumb_IMG_2085.jpg) listening to the commentary |
![](thumb_IMG_2087.jpg) Holyrood Abbey |
![](thumb_IMG_2090.jpg) Rhododendrons ... |
![](thumb_IMG_2091.jpg) ...in Holyrood park |
![](thumb_IMG_2093.jpg) Arthur's Seat |
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![](thumb_IMG_2096.jpg) the House |
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![](thumb_IMG_2099.jpg) and the Parliament |
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![](thumb_IMG_2102.jpg) back in the forecourt |
![](thumb_IMG_2103.jpg) Princes Street Gardens ... |
![](thumb_IMG_2104.jpg) ... and the Bank |
![](thumb_IMG_2105.jpg) Edinburgh (Waverley) |
![](thumb_IMG_2106.jpg) Firth of Forth, Calton Hill and Waverley |
![](thumb_IMG_2108.jpg) Will in the Castle |
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![](thumb_IMG_2113.jpg) train spotting from the castle |
![](thumb_IMG_2115.jpg) the Tollbooth Kirk |
![](thumb_IMG_2116.jpg) Grandma's assault on Mons Meg |
![](thumb_IMG_2117.jpg) Mons Meg with Grandma and Will |
![](thumb_IMG_2117a.jpg) St Margaret's Chapel |
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![](thumb_IMG_2120.jpg) Arthur's Seat |
![](thumb_IMG_2122.jpg) from the Argyll Battery |
![](thumb_IMG_2122a.jpg) the Palace of ... |
![](thumb_IMG_2122b.jpg) Mary, Queen of Scots |
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![](thumb_IMG_2123a.jpg) the Great Hall |
![](thumb_IMG_2125.jpg) outside the War Memorial |
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![](thumb_IMG_2132.jpg) leaving the Castle |
![](thumb_IMG_2133.jpg) in the University |
![](thumb_IMG_2134.jpg) Will, about to work in the library |
![](thumb_IMG_2136.jpg) Will, with second cousin Ed Barbour |
![](thumb_IMG_2139.jpg) Arthur's Seat |
![](thumb_IMG_2141.jpg) Nelson Monument ion Calton Hill |
![](thumb_IMG_2143.jpg) the Castle from Calton Hill |
![](thumb_IMG_2145.jpg) Princes Street from Calton Hill |
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![](thumb_IMG_2148.jpg) on Calton Hill |
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![](thumb_IMG_2153.jpg) Adam Smith on the Royal Mile |
![](thumb_IMG_2159a.jpg) ascending Athur's Seat |
![](thumb_IMG_2160.jpg) on the summit |
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![](thumb_IMG_2168.jpg) the city |
![](thumb_IMG_2169.jpg) descending a steep gulley |
![](thumb_IMG_2170.jpg) Grandma, learning to chimney |
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![](thumb_IMG_2172.jpg) squall alert |
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![](thumb_IMG_2177.jpg) with great nephew, Ed Barbour |
![](thumb_IMG_2177t_Melrose.jpg) Melrose Abbey May 2010 |
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![](thumb_IMG_2187.jpg) the nave |
![](thumb_IMG_2188.jpg) the presbytery |
![](thumb_IMG_2189.jpg) the cloister |
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![](thumb_IMG_2192.jpg) St Peter |
![](thumb_IMG_2194.jpg) on the roof |
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![](thumb_IMG_2197.jpg) the Virgin Mary |
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![](thumb_IMG_2199.jpg) from Heart Garden |
![](thumb_IMG_2199a.jpg) jackdaw |
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![](thumb_IMG_2200.jpg) the chain bridge over the Tweed |