scotland

Edinburgh | Botanical Gardens | Orla Kiely

Today has been the first day to myself for what feels like a long time! I planned to work all day as I have missed it very much but I needed some time first, just to myself. To be alone and deflate from this strange year we have had. I then came into the office after lunch ready and feeling more level and refreshed. I have decided to post a personal set of photos today, taken from a time a couple of year ago when my good friend Carol and I took a whole weekend to ourselves, something we hadn’t done before even though we’ve been friends since we were 16. We have had plenty of trips together but always with our families in tow, which of course was lovely too! We went to Edinburgh on the train and stayed in a youth hostel. As soon as we arrived every minute was filled with things we wanted to do; a visit to the Orla Kiely exhibition which was amazing, ate lovely food, little bit of shopping, visited the botanical gardens and just happened to be there when there was a film festival going on and saw 2 brilliant films and there was even an Oor Wullie trail, what more can you ask for!! I can’t wait until we can explore again, maybe now I’ll appriciate it even more, I know I have appreciated today maybe a bit extra.