FMUKCON 28th March 2015 - Edinburgh

[prettyxcool]

For anyone staying longer - I think prettyxcool is staying 4 nights - Platform5 which is opposite Haymarket station and next door to the Tune hotel is also a Belhaven pub which has the same offer but you would have to use a different email address to get the £5 off voucher as it is only one voucher per email address for the Belhaven pubs. http://www.platform5-edinburgh.co.uk/offers

The Advocate is a good pub and will be very busy on a Saturday. Have we a private room booked and what time are we meeting there - that is if you know yet?

Thanks biggins, I did check the offer with Platform 5 but they do not accept the voucher. It was one of the places I originally suggested as they have a private room, but someone posted that it was too far the other side of Edinburgh? I spoke to The Advocate and they said they could cordon off an area for us. The time I have booked is 12noon to 3.30pm. Could Diane65 indulge us and add the details of the meet up venue and time on the first post, so it is easy to find, if anyone wants a reminder! Thanks!

[prettyxcool]

Some lovely free places to visit in this Guardian article if of any use to our hosts and away team organisers :)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti ... to-do.html

Thanks MrGlass what a brilliant article and now we have the meet up place we can work around this. I really want to see the Botanical gardens but fitting that in when it's right over the other side might be tricky but Dunbar's Close will satisfy my need to see a garden wherever I go. There is so much to see that it's deciding what we can fit in and enjoy. I could do a few options of itineraries and whoever wants to do what is fine.

Hi pxc
OH and myself would also like to partake of your very kind offer.

Please may I also have a voucher but no problem at all if all taken?

There's plenty to go round, as no one else has asked! A free supper is not as popular as I thought!

[biggins]

For anyone staying longer - I think prettyxcool is staying 4 nights - Platform5 which is opposite Haymarket station and next door to the Tune hotel is also a Belhaven pub which has the same offer but you would have to use a different email address to get the £5 off voucher as it is only one voucher per email address for the Belhaven pubs. http://www.platform5-edinburgh.co.uk/offers

The Advocate is a good pub and will be very busy on a Saturday. Have we a private room booked and what time are we meeting there - that is if you know yet?

Thanks biggins, I did check the offer with Platform 5 but they do not accept the voucher. It was one of the places I originally suggested as they have a private room, but someone posted that it was too far the other side of Edinburgh? I spoke to The Advocate and they said they could cordon off an area for us. The time I have booked is 12noon to 3.30pm. Could Diane65 indulge us and add the details of the meet up venue and time on the first post, so it is easy to find, if anyone wants a reminder! Thanks!

Wonder why Platform5 is not accepting it if the Advocate is? I have already used a voucher at Platform5 a few weeks ago and the Hampton hotel which is opposite the Murrayfield stadium is also a Belhaven pub. They had the same offer which I also joined up and used but had to join with different email address to get the voucher.
Pleased to hear they are cordoning off a area for us as the bar area at the Advocate is not very big.

[Yinster]

http://www.edinburghspotlight.com/2013/ ... h-in-2013/

[prettyxcool]

For those who are interested in the Royal Yacht Britannia visit - you can exchange:
£2.50 in Clubcard vouchers and receive £10 worth of Clubcard tokens
which you can use against the cost of the entrance tickets.
Adults - £14
Senior and Student - £12.50

http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals/pro ... n%20Region

[biggins]

Stayed yesterday and today in North Berwick so cold my eyes kept watering with the freezing cold wind. Only people walking their dog were brave enough to walk along the beach. Big white foam waves which are lovely to look at but we were glad to get into our cosy hotel room and have a hot drink. The shops in
North Berwick were mostly closed too. Hope for better weather for you all coming in March.

When I read through all the places you have listed here to visit while in Edinburgh it makes me realise how lucky we are to have so much to see right here on our doorstep. I take it for granted how many tourist attractions we have.

[Yinster]

For those who are interested in the Royal Yacht Britannia visit - you can exchange:
£2.50 in Clubcard vouchers and receive £10 worth of Clubcard tokens
which you can use against the cost of the entrance tickets.
Adults - £14
Senior and Student - £12.50

http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals/pro ... n%20Region

You can also do the same if anyone fancies Camera Obscura at the top of the Royal Mile.

[TheyCallMeMrGlass]

For those who are interested in the Royal Yacht Britannia visit - you can exchange:
£2.50 in Clubcard vouchers and receive £10 worth of Clubcard tokens
which you can use against the cost of the entrance tickets.
Adults - £14
Senior and Student - £12.50

http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals/pro ... n%20Region

You can also do the same if anyone fancies Camera Obscura at the top of the Royal Mile.

I love that Camera Obscura, especially to see spy on the people on the streets in that funky and STILL futuristic holographic display. So funky and most timea i had come up to Edinburgh i couldbt resist going in there :)

Some great optical illusions too. I do recommend it too if we have time for it?

[Yinster]

Some great optical illusions too. I do recommend it too if we have time for it?

Perhaps in between the meet and the ghost tour?

On a different note in case people from Englandshire don't know if you fancy shopping for anything up here if you need a carrier bag then the stores will charge you 5p per bag no matter how big the bag. So pack up some totes or bags for life with you.

[Diane65]

Oh my goodness it's getting close now just 4 weeks on Friday