Bristol in Summer

Another month, another street art festival. This time in the centre of town with some massive pieces of art on the side of buildings called See No Evil http://www.seenoevilbristol.co.uk/.


Lou and I popped along and did some dancing and drinking with the party goers.


It's always worth trying to remember the balloon fiesta as well, which I don't. I simply open my windows to see something like this:-

Up to the Lakes

Surprisingly we got one whole week of sunshine in the Lake District at the end of July - which was good news as we were camping out near Ullswater. We started doing some walks immediately from the campsite - in fact we were probably too keen. Here is Lou looking over Grisedale Tarn on day 1.

We also got a good view of 'Striding Edge' but didn't walk over it this time. We'll be back.

The locals posed for photos with their summer haircuts.


The campsite was excellent and we had a good group. Here I am beating everyone at outdoor Yahtzee, despite enjoying a day of food poisoning - I can't go on holiday without getting ill at least once.

After some canoeing on Ullswater and some pub time, we spent the last day on a long walk and got the boat back to the campsite before heading off.

We definitely knew where we were for once in this photo.

Trainspotting

Lou and I have used the easter break to travel northwards to Scotland and hopefully avoid royal wedding fever. In fact flying back from Edinburgh during the Royal Wedding was much cheaper and avoids having to watch it on TV.


Thankfully our host doesn't live in an Irvine Welsh type heroin infested high rise flat like those above, but in quite a nice flat in West Edinbugh. From there we can walk into the centre and see the sights quite easily.


We've been taking in some obvious sights in Auld Reekie, and some less well known ones like Leith harbour (below).


Naturally some of the local catch needed to be eaten by the harbour. I tried an Arbroath Smokie, whilst Lou finished pretty much everything else caught that day - washed down with some Prosecco.


We were so stuffed after this meal that we had to take in the funfair next to Leith harbour and take in the views.


From the top of the big wheel you can see back into town and the crags behind it.

This morning we have been walking up Salisbury Crags which look over the city, unlike pretty much any other city it's like walking into a national park surrounded by the city below.

So back to Bristol tomorrow!