Reality:
partly cloudy AM, sunny PM
07:30 wake up
08:00 breakfast: toast, corn flakes,
grapefruit
juice, mixed peeled fruit: grapefruit, pineapple, mandarin orange
08:30 call three taxis to get one ride


09:00 taxi to Haydon Bridge £8
09:31 train to Newcastle
10:14 arrive Newcastle, head for First Class
lounge
10:53 train to Edinburgh
12:12 arrive Waverley station, Edinburgh
left luggage queue is
too long
12:15 taxi to Hilton National

12:20 arrive Hilton National, £5,
it's
3 floors high and about 5 rooms wide.
12:25 try to check in, room not ready, "have
lunch in our pub, it's 3 floors down on floor 2."
12:30 arrive in pub, order diet coke,
lemonade
and 2 steak and chips.
12:31 receive drinks, find table away from
smokers
12:50 order second round, assured that food
will be forthcoming
13:05 food
13:15 pay bill
13:20 get room key
13:25 walk to Edinburgh Castle
13:45 arrive at Edinburgh Castle, £6.50
each
walk around castle





14:45 walk to 1 hour APS developer I found
last time
14:50 told 4 rolls of double copies will
take 1:10
14:52 Take double decker tour of Edinburgh,
£6 each


16:00 finish tour
16:02 inquire about film, told "5 more
minutes"
wander around mall
16:10 get film
16:12 get back on tour bus and ride half
way to hotel
16:20 walk rest of way to hotel
16:35 view pictures in hotel
18:30 walk to restaurant
18:50 arrive at "Get Stuffed"
18:55 order diet coke, lemonade, pork chops,
rump steak and chips
19:02 food
19:15 we're stuffed, £33.50 for two
19:20 walk to St James Center, closed for
evening
walk around
21:00 return to hotel
finish "The Camelot Caper"
by Elizabeth Peters
start "The night of 400
rabbits" by Elizabeth Peters