Edinburgh late January

I'm on my first cup of coffee. Luckily I'm not rushing. DD giving me a lift. See you all there!

On the train about to have the 'light breakfast' - saving myself for later. Hoping the cheese in my suitcase doesn't warm up and stink out the carriage.
See you all soon. V. excited!

Great idea oldgoat- guaranteed compartment to yourself!

Remind us to tell you about the fresh smokies from the fishmonger at first St Andrew’s meet up last year oldgoat!!

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Another wonderful meet up hosted by jollyG. Lots of hard work by organiser extraordinaire Elizabeth1 and hard drinking socialising by others who shall remain nameless but are guessable! There was even singing at times. Lots of photos taken but I sneak in ones when no one's looking!

To all the lovely ladies who came to Enbroo today to meet , and of course tolerate a noob.

The weather complied, the sun did shine, and of course the. oldies
may I call you, pulled out all the stops, and provided a meal Rabbie would have been proud to serve one of his 'saucie' lassies.

Sterling stuff your all are, having come from all iairds parts.

It was a privilege to host you all.

Lang may your Lum reek!

Get home safely, except who lost their gasses, they will arrive by post hopefully, courtesy The Postie, hope he is a nice young man.

I hope your other half likes haggis neeps and tatties, JollyG I have a feeling he will getting that for tea tonight, for lunch tomorrow, etc etc etc.

I wish I could’ve joined you all, it looked to be such a lovely gathering! As soon as DH has been ‘sorted out’ at Edin Royal, I’ll be with you all again. ?

I seem to have acquired a little square white dish. It is almost the same as one of mine, so I thought I must have brought something in it. I'll return it to its owner next time, unless you need it sooner, in which case I can post it.

You smashing ladies all very well versed. I had a lovely time and we even had a great attempt at singing Coming through the rashes oh. Mind you I think I only knew the chorus. I’m still stuffed foo with haggis, neeps tatties, salmon, and cheeses, wine and of course chat. I’m very glad to hear you all had a good time.

Thank you jollyg and Elizabeth1 for all your hard work , and to everyone there for making it a great day.

Thank you from me too. Got home a little while ago. It was a lovely meetup.

What a lovely day at the meet up. Thank you Jolly for hosting and Elizabeth 1 and Elengran chefs extraordinaire.

I found a pair of purple specs in the recycling. If you have lost them, please PM and I'll post them, duly wrapped in bubble wrap.?

I had a nightmare journey back. It took me three hours to get home, as my train was stuck behind a broken down train. Then there was an * Incident" on the train and the police were called. I did learn a few new swear words on the train!
I think I'm becoming too old for an adventure!

I'd just like to add my thanks to jollyg for providing a super venue, Elizabeth1 and Elegran for organising and everyone else for a super afternoon. Sorry to hear you had such a bad journey home, Marydoll....but please don't let that put you off coming over again to the dark side
As I sit here, I'm sucking on a piece of your tablet....tooth-rottingly delicious
Oh...and yes, here's another pic...

Thanks to the Edinburgh Grans for introducing me to the delights of the Burns lunch. Special thanks to Elizabeth 1 and Elegran for organising the food and jollyg for inviting us to use her beautiful home for the afternoon.
I really enjoyed listening to poems and singing and wish I had the voice to join in.

I seem to have come home without my stainless steel butter dish and my bag of macaroons. I expect the butter dish is a jollyg's - and perhaps it's just as well about the sweeties because I seem to have eaten rather a lot today already , and it was all delicious.
It was another great meet-up.

Ee, tha’s bin a good day! Lovely lunch with good company followed by an excellent production of ‘Miss Saigon’. Thanks to all those who worked so hard to make it such a good meet up and thanks so much to jollyg for sharing her home with us.

And another pic.......

And here's another.

Can I also add my thanks to the hard working Elizabeth1 and Elegran, and the delightful Jollyg for letting us use her beautiful home for our Burns Afternoon. It was a great to meet some more of the Grans, good food, great company, what more can you ask
Marydoll, loved the tablet, thank you and haved managed to save one piece for husband (if he's quick)

Old Goat, Your stainless steal butter dish is in Jolly G's fridge and as for the macaroon, it is no more.

Once again, who has lost thieir purple glasses, which I saved from the recycling bin???. We weren't that sloshed surely?

Thanks marydoll I'll contact jollyg about the butter dish. Delighted to say that I found the macaroons in the bottom of my bag and I've just had one for my breakfast. Delicious.
Sorry to hear that you had such an awful journey home - quite scary if there are rowdy drunks in your carriage. DS is a British Transport Police special constable. They have to deal with a lot of bad behaviour on trains. He loves it - always wanted to be a policeman but his mother talked him out of it...

Any chance of putting some names to the faces in the photos? I recognise four of you but it would be nice to know who the rest are!
Glad you all had a lovely time. Makes the travelling worth while ? I think.

In GeminiJen's photo posted at 22:17 the back row left to right is as follows: Jangran, Cascats, Katek, Jane10, GeminiJen, oldgoat, Baggs.

Front row: Jollyg, Marydoll, Elegran, Elizabeth1

Thank you Baggs. Always good to put names to faces!

Best tablet ever, marydoll! ? Thank you!

Great news about Minibaggs.