19/08/2026
Mr Atrium and I have been on a weekend city break ( which wasn’t actually at the weekend)..we headed up to Edinburgh. Now Mr Atrium is not a fan of lots of people in one place, and he commented when booking the hotel that they were expensive. The penny hadn’t dropped….its Edinburgh Festival season…so we stayed waterfront at Malmaison Hotels in Leith, great location, average hotel…
And we avoided as much as possible actually going to Edinburgh…
We stopped off en route at Berwick upon Tweed… loved it, history, Georgian buildings great independent shops…found a few treasures for the emporium.
Then we explored Leith and to be honest settled on staying waterfront with a nice glass of wine at The Shore, Leith where there was Sunday afternoon jazz…then went next door to The Ship on the Shore and the cocktails were fab…ended up eating there …I highly recommend the scallops and the seafood linguine!
We also found the most amazing four floors of true antiques Georgian Antiques in a hidden away warehouse, everything a true 100 years old plus, and if you need enormous mirrors, mahogany, chandeliers, golf clubs and china , then that’s the place!!
A quick trip up to Stirling was uneventful, as it was mobbed with coach loads of American tourists in baseball caps, looked at the castle and went…seen that…and headed back to Edinburgh.
Determined to avoid festival followers and tourists, we kept to New Town. A wander around the circuses and streets was a delight, no tourists, just gorgeous architecture and opulence. And we found Circus Lane as well as the collection of lovely shops , where I may have acquired a couple of treats from TOAST ( yippee!)
But the best bit was finding .shop on our way back to the car. It’s only been open a few weeks and ticks every box for great eclectic homewares, vintage and contemporary! Beautifully curated and right up my street! If in Edinburgh do give it a visit!
Home now…off to York Racecourse today with my chum Jane ( she knows a thing or two about racehorses)…and I’ll be wearing a hat…true vintage, a Philip Treacy hat from 1993 that I wore for my wedding!
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Happy Wednesday Y’all!