Last year I did succeed in completing
Rinda's 2013 Scavenger Hunt entirely during on our
Scandinavian road trip. Which was just as well, because my scavenging
outside the holiday didn't manage to tick all the boxes.
This year, I thought it would be a taller order to complete the
2014 Summertime Scavenger Hunt in a week's break in Durham and Edinburgh ... and so it has proved :-(
Let's see what I managed:
First there was another visit to No.1 Son and his lovely girlfriend in their new house ...
and I knew where to
Zoom In (for the 28th time) ... to find a tattoo on a person:
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| #8 A tattoo on a person |
Please don't ask me what the chemical symbols are ... trust me, you don't want to know!!
After a couple of days visiting with them, we drove on to Scotland where we were thrice welcomed:
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| #1 Welcome to Scotland (in Gaelic too) |
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| #1 Welcome to Edinburgh |
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| #16 A multi-lingual sign outside a pub |
We stayed four nights in a lovely 3 bedroom town-house near the Royal Mile and our walk to the city's attractions would either take us past a bakery ...
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| #9 A bakery |
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| #6 An urban street scene |
... or some amazing graffitti. Our first stop was the Tourist Information Centre, where we spotted (
you guessed it!) tourists ...
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| #4 A group of tourists |
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| #5 A rack of postcards |
... and postcards! Having picked up a map or two we made our way past the Princes Street Gardens and spotted Edinburgh Castle in the distance:
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| #19 Public Gardens |
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| Substitute B A birdhouse |
What an amazing ornamental clock ... plus a bird house instead of a garden gnome! I could not spot a gnome anywhere ... the Scots must have too much taste!
Score so far: 8/21 (1,4,5,6,8,9,16,19) and one substitution (B for 2) plus
ZIZO #28
Part 2 of my Holiday Scavenging coming soon!
Wow! What a great group of finds.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many that I love, but my favorite is probably the public garden.
Rinda
well done, fun to see my city through your eyes and I had totally forgotten there is a birdhouse there
ReplyDeletesuch a neat group of finds. I like the birdhouse - see I really should have taken the list with me.... Ah well - hope you find a gnome south of the border!
ReplyDeleteSome great holiday captures.
ReplyDeleteYou've done really well so far and got some great finds in the mean time. I'm hoping gnomes haven't disappeared from the UK, we need more people with a sense of fun these days x
ReplyDeletelovely photos, like the tattoo.
ReplyDeleteYou're doing well!
ReplyDeleteNow I really want to know what the tattoo means.
Great job spotting so many of the scavenger hunt items!! I'm hoping to find a few things on our upcoming trip to the Canadian Rockies!
ReplyDeleteI'm saving the list for our holiday! Fab group of photos and now i'm intrigued with the symbols x
ReplyDeleteSome fab photos there!!! I'm still hoping to do the photo hunt ... I really must get organised & print that list!! :)
ReplyDeletegreat captures!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous finds!!! Looks like a great holiday!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful series of photographs! A great holiday and you got so many scavenger hunt items - how cool is that?!
ReplyDeleteWow Jemma, you have some amazing photos.
ReplyDeleteSue x
Brilliant Jemma!
ReplyDeleteI hope you weren't the driver when taking those "welcome" signs!!!
I must remember to ask you about that tattoo next week :O
Wonderful photos! I love the last one!
ReplyDeleteI tried to get most of mine on vacation as well but had mixed success.
You have been most assiduous on holiday! Splendid collection and the floral display is stunning.
ReplyDeleteFun snapshots, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteGreat pics. Love the multilingual sign, but the flower clock is breathtaking!
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