Edinburgh Military Tattoo

Within the past two weeks a friend had ticket to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo that weren't going to be used, so my friend and I jumped at the chance to buy them from her as both of us had not been to the Tattoo for many years.  Finally, yesterday evening was the night we were to go.  I had been praying for dry weather all week, but went prepared with layers of clothes to keep warm, and two waterproof capes just in case.  I had even made a makeshift waterproof for my camera!!

It's amazing what you can do with a plastic bag and sticky tape (I used to watch Blue Peter when I was young!!)

We caught our train into town and walked up into the Royal Mile and Edinburgh Castle.  The place was very busy but we were very efficiently pointed in the right direction and we found our seats (section 11 AA seats 16 and 17).  We were away right up at the very top with no-one behind us and we found that we were sheltered from the wind and the rain - there was a fine drizzle falling by now and people were having to wear their raincoats.

It's a great show - even in the rain!!

The show began promptly at 9 p.m. and it was just fantastic - I have never known the time go past so quickly, and we enjoyed every minute of it.  I think I spent my time watching the whole show through the lens of my camera!!

I love pipe band music - I was brought up on it from an early age!!

Brave!!

Ships in the night

Australian outback

Aboriginal artwork

Superhero!

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

Edinburgh Castle turned into Gotham City!

Superheros

Superman

Edinburgh Castle transformed into Westminster Abbey

Celebrating the Queen's Jubilee and Coronation

Union Jack

Celebrating the Queen's Jubilee and Coronation

Fireworks

Fireworks

Remembering our fallen heroes

Scottish Saltire

My favourite photo of the night

Of course when the show finished we had to make our way to the train station, but we were stuck in the crowds in the stands waiting to move - we were going nowhere fast!!  When we did make it down the stairs and into Castle Hill we quickly realised there was no way we were going to catch our last train home.  We eventually got to the station and confirmed the train had already left, so we made our way up to Princes Street where we flagged down a taxi to take us part of the way home where we were picked up by my poor hubby who'd had to travel quite a bit further than planned to pick us up!!

However, we had an excellent night out watching a truly superb and spectacular show.  And the bonus was that, although it was raining during the show, we didn't get wet!!  It was definitely a night to remember.