Time to kill in Edinburgh

[winchman]

Have to take one of the Dogs to Hospital in Edinburgh, I will have to hang around from 10ish until 4.30 the Hospital is near Ikea.
So top tips for things to see and do?
Bear in mind we will be in a motor home as we are travelling up the night before.

 

[ukracer]

Have to take one of the Dogs to Hospital in Edinburgh, I will have to hang around from 10ish until 4.30 the Hospital is near Ikea.
So top tips for things to see and do?
Bear in mind we will be in a motor home as we are travelling up the night before.

I read that differently to what you meant...

 

[daleyd]

Are you saying you have some free time, or you are about to go on a spree with an axe?

 

[BrokenBiker]

wander round ik

I read that differently to what you meant...

as did i...thought someone had finally snapped

 

[ukracer]

wander round ik

as did i...thought someone had finally snapped

I was hoping.....but not sure he would visit Edinburgh .

 

[Rannsachair]

Watch Trainspotting before you go, will give an insight into Edinburgh etiquette.....

Park up and get a bus or an Uber into the centre: The National Museum, a walk round the old town, Mary Kings's Close and possibly even the Castle are worth a visit.

 

[RWD3M]

45 minutes should see you at The Kelpies

The Helix: Home of The Kelpies, Falkirk – Parks

Discover more details about The Helix: Home of The Kelpies including opening times, photos and more.

www.visitscotland.com

Then swing round to the Kincardine Bridge, head for Rosyth and come back over the New Queensferry Crossing.

Just a thought

 

[RWD3M]

Watch Trainspotting before you go, will give an insight into Edinburgh etiquette.....

Park up and get a bus or an Uber into the centre: The National Museum, a walk round the old town, Mary Kings's Close and possibly even the Castle are worth a visit.

It took me a while to actually get round to watching that film, but when I did!!!!! Great film.

 

[dobbslc]

Mary Kings Close is a great place to visit, it's amazing how they built on top of everything while people were still living there. Roslin Chapel is also really interesting with awesome architecture, carvings etc.

 

[Tangledfeet]

National Museum Scotland in Chambers Street; you could spend all day there.

(Worked for them for a year; what you see on display is a fraction of the collection they hold - I had an admin role with the Estates Dept some 20yrs ago so got to see many, many bits that regular staff may not ever see.)

 

[jsf55]

Fire the gun at 1pm on the castle, have done for years

 

[doubleboost]

My Daughter is the manager of Browns Restaurant in Edenborough.
Ask for Emmy and use my name .
She always looks after my subscribers

 

[winchman]

Are you saying you have some free time, or you are about to go on a spree with an axe?

Poor choice of words shows you are all paying attention though!

 

[winchman]

I was hoping of some stuff outside the city?
We are travelling up late the night before so will need place to park any tips. about 2.5 3 hours from liverpool?
If this scan is a success she will need to have treatment over 20 week days so one month in Hospital so we will be spending a bit of time in the area so looking for a county pub who will let us park overnight and we will eat and drink beer in exchange?

 

[Cobbler]

Have you got Britstops? Gives the pubs & such that allow you to stop overnight in the car park. We’ve not used it, but friends of ours do often.

 

[winchman]

Have you got Britstops? Gives the pubs & such that allow you to stop overnight in the car park.

Sorry to tight to buy it. Usually rely on reccomendations

 

[Misterg]

Another vote for Mary King's Close - may need to book in advance.

[Edit - just seen you wanted something outside the city. Maybe try the seafront at Leith ?]

 

[chunkolini]

There are Trainspotting tours of Edinburgh.
I'd have to do that.
I love the idea of the guides playing characters from the book likesay Catboy

 

[daleyd]

Another vote for Mary King's Close - may need to book in advance.

[Edit - just seen you wanted something outside the city. Maybe try the seafront at Leith ?]

Think the royal yacht is down there - don’t know if you can visit that?

 

[skotl]

Have to take one of the Dogs to Hospital in Edinburgh, I will have to hang around from 10ish until 4.30 the Hospital is near Ikea.
So top tips for things to see and do?
Bear in mind we will be in a motor home as we are travelling up the night before.

All of the above.

Edinburgh city centre is very compact so you can see tons, just by walking up and down the high street and surrounding district. Parking is an utter nightmare, though, so as above park just outside the pay zones and get a bus. Every bus route (literally!) goes through the city centre, specifically George Street and / or Princes Street. All you need to do is make sure you're standing on the correct side of the road and heading into, not away from town!
Buses are all tap-and-go, too, and have a day wide cap so really easy.

Quick word of warning on the Dick vet school (other than it being utterly wonderful, and the people there are lovely) it is a nightmare to get to any time around rush hour. And lovely that they are, don't be surprised if the 4:30pm pick up becomes 5:30 or 6pm. It can take an hour to get from one end of the bypass to the other on a bad day, so plan accordingly.
They may also send you away for 10 or 15 minutes in the morning, and want you to come back. If so, just head across the car park to the main teaching building and you'll get a good, cheap breakie roll over there.

Hope the dog's visit goes ok.