I woke up to a cloudy day, with rain off and on. At the hostel last night I shared a room with Kirsty, an ultra runner from Scotland and Antoine, a Three Peaks challenger from France. Kirsty and I went to the Crown pub, very nice. While I was there I tried to buy train tickets to Edinburgh, but it just didn't work. Tree times the app reserved money on my bank account but I didn't get the tickets. I know I'll get the money back eventually but it's a bit annoying! Just after 8 pm (on a Friday night) I tried to call the train company, but of course there was no reply. Instead, I tried to WhatsApp them and they replied! Apparently, if there is no ticket office and no ticket machine I can pay on the train. So much better service than Sweden! I chose between Edinburgh and London as my hub for going back home, but decided on Edinburgh. London is so big and going to and from the airport takes longer. Besides, I just spent a couple of days there before starting my LEJOG.
I got to the train station in plenty of time which was lucky. The train I had planned on taking was very delayed, it wasn't even possible to buy tickets for it today, but luckily I was in time for the earlier one. In Leeds I changed to a train to York, where I changed for the final train to Edinburgh. The journey from Horton-in-Ribblesdale to Edinburgh took around six hours.
After leaving my backpack, the DVDs and Blu-rays and everything I didn't need in my new room (very nice room, just wish I had a walk-in shower, since the knee will be a problem with the bathtub) I went for a walk along Princes Street.
Many trains have special areas for bikes and on many of them you can also reserve your space beforehand. Also better than Sweden!
The day has been cloudy and quite dark, but shortly before I arrived to Edinburgh the sun came out. When I arrived I first took the tram to the airport to see if I could fly out today. There was however no one that could help me and I didn't want to wait for three hours until check-in for the next plane to Stockholm, so I took the tram back to Edinburgh. My first stop was FOPP, where I bought a couple of Blu-rays/DVDs, then to my hotel. I only after I knew I couldn't fly out today and the prices were a bit steep, or maybe they're always steep in Edinburgh, I don't know. Anyway, I booked at the Old Waverly on Princes Street, a very nice surprise. Apart from the elevator! As I was walking towards it the doors were closing, so I stretched out my hand to keep it open. The door hit my hand very hard, it immediately swelled up and I've still got a large bruise a week later.
You can't go to Edinburgh without posting photos of the castle!
I spent a long time at Waterstones looking for a couple of books, but they didn't have them, so I walked back to my hotel. On the way I saw a MacDonalds and realized I was very hungry! My plan had been to make one of my hiking dinners, for which I only need boiling water, but my feet led me to the MacDonalds with one of the best views in the UK, maybe even the world? I had a view of Princes Street Gardens, the old town and the Scott Monument.
Sir Walter Scott Monument.
The evening was spent repacking my backpack and (new) shoulder bag, where I packed anything fragile or necessary, and went to bed ready to fly home tomorrow.
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