My second day “on trip” was active, but I stayed in Edinburgh. I met Manu an other CSer (friend since the Crammond Island camping) and then spent an hour as a tourist in Edinburgh… I bought some good stuff from a famous cheesemonger (I’m French after all!) then climbed up onto the Arthur’s Seat, with a great view this time! 2 crazy young ladies with their kids were trying to come down on a damn steep slope, I convinced them to come back up and use an alternative more gentle way… Then I took a bike run down to Bilston wood to visit the resist camp against the by pass extension over the wood. Was nice and peaceful as well as friendly, but I wouldn’t spend a year there as many do. Time ran late so I decided I was late to go home to do some shopping for the dinner with my host an other CSer, it took me almost 40 min to cycle back on full speed! I arrived just in time, got some organic groceries, then we had “oatcakes and cheese” as starter to wait during the cooking time, kinda stuffed but the food was good so we still ate it, and even finished everything! We then had a nice chill out evening, talking about bikes in general and adventures, my host showed me some pictures from a cycling tour in Ecuador which looks almost unreal…. Stunning!