Edinburgh Part III

Well, so much for the heatwave! Gales are howling between the houses once again, reclaiming Edinburgh's title of 'The Windy City' (and no, that has nothing to do with our curry at In Delhi).

Actually, the wind, rain, oceans and mountains are all part of our ever changing landscape (tenuous link coming up) as I discovered when I visited Our Dynamic Earth experience on Monday.

There aren't that many decent trailers for it, but this gives an idea:

It's well worth a visit. It's set out like a time machine, and you travel back through history in a capsule until you're surrounded by stars - very pretty. It opens out on the Big Bang. You go through a succession of temperature controlled rooms, like the volcano experience where the ground actually shakes. It's extremely well thought out. Might be a bit scary for very young children, but it's hugely interactive.

Then you progress through the stages of evolution and climate development, including a real iceberg, to see a show in their Dome at the end. The Dome was great. A film about astronauts and space travel projected across the ceiling.

Spent most of yesterday concentrating on the second edit of my second novel, Georg[i]e, which should be out later this year. My friend's home is a beautiful place to sit and write. Very unusual in that she inherited chandeliers with it:

Artistic

Dramatic

She also has a wonderful eye for interior deco.

Believe it or not, the black and white swirly picture in the centre is from Rwanda, and traditionally made from cow dung!

I do love being here. There's always something pleasing to look at. 

Going to try and get a little more editing done, then off to the movies tonight. First time I've ever taken advantage of 'Orange Wednesday'. If you're on the Orange phone network and call 241 (as in two-for-one), you get a text that allows you two cinema tickets for the price of one. Quite nifty.