A stroke of luck

So, despite my pessimism, without any prior arranging, we have managed to acquire:

• Tickets to a sold out gig
• 3 Hostel beds for a Friday night in the centre, in the same room even
  
• A car park in central Edinburgh, just outside the hostel, that cost us 50p for the entire weekend
• Hopefully more to come.

We spent last night in Melrose, just inside the Scotland border - giving me for the 2nd time so far 3 countries in a day (Scotland, Ireland and England). The Melrose Abbey was fantastic and there was just enough of it standing to be mighty impressive and just enough fallen down that you could believe it was at least 600 years old.