Festive Edinburgh 2012

It's been a while since I posted anything, so it's high time I started getting something done!!  I finished my Christmas shopping fairly early in December, but unfortunately it was a very grey day, so the photos weren't very bright and it was too windy and cold to have a turn on the Big Wheel.

Snowman and Big Wheel

Festive Mice

Pottery Bikers

Jenners

Santa and Big Wheel

About a week afterwards, I had another trip into town and this time the weather was a little better with a small dusting of snow!  This time I did have a turn on the Big Wheel and took more photos.

Edinburgh Castle

Looking towards Princes Street

Big Wheel and Scott Monument

Edinburgh Castle from Big Wheel

Scott Monument and Big Wheel

The next time we visited Edinburgh was a night to go to a dinner and party night and to get there we took a walk through the gardens and the various markets - with camera in hand, I took more photos!!

Scott Monument and Big Wheel

Jenners and Big Wheel

Helter Skelter

I quite liked the photo of the Scott Monument and the Big Wheel, so I had a play around with it and came up with these:

I quite liked how that second one came out so  have ordered some Christmas cards in that design for next year!!

Festive Edinburgh

'Tis the season to go shopping, tra la la la la, la la la la!!  The day started off a bit damp and cold but the sun came out for a little while too and I was able to get onto the big wheel and the carousel, which is a 'must do' on the Christmas shopping day - but it's vital to do this BEFORE you have too many carrier bags full of shopping with you!!  There are loads of food stalls and also the 'German Market' where you can pick up many nice and unusual gifts.  Here is a small selection of photos:

The Big Wheel

Awesome view of Edinburgh Castle and Princes Street from the top of the Big Wheel

The sun came out!!

Carousel horses

Giant penguin

Chair-o-planes

Edinburgh silhouette