E d i n b u r g h

I spent a miserable day in Edinburgh yesterday. I was in a melancholy mood setting out, and this was only increased by being completely drenched in rain within the first 10 minutes of being outside (forcing me to have to buy a pair of very unflattering tracksuit bottoms from H&M to replace my sodden trousers, and having to wear them all day). I forgot to charge my phone, and to bring a camera. Or any other recording tools, such as a pen. Once there, the town grated -- I felt very sensitive to the (cacophonous) noise of festival goers and irritated by their domination of the pavements. Everyone seemed to be determined to occupy the soundscape and ignore the environment around them. I had gone to see this exhibition, which was quite lovely, but almost impossible to engage with due to the noise. Argh.

Going on my own turned out to be a bad decision as it is only by having company that you can vent your frustration at being blocked at every turn by people probably on their way to a recording of Quote Unquote. And I haemorrhaged money all day -- some of it on a disposable camera, just so I could obscure the lens with my finger in almost every picture. Here are some of the bearable ones.

It'll be a while before I venture East again.