Perth; Saturday, 23 August, 2014

The goodnight guarantee from Premier Inn lived up to its promise and consequently I was rudely awakened by my alarm at an unreasonable hour. After a quick shower I checked out of the hotel and headed over to the terminal to drop my bags and then grab breakfast.

We landed in Edinburgh pretty much on time and after a quick journey through the airport I found myself on the tram heading into town. This turned out to be a bad decision as it took nearly an hour to get to Waverley station, against the air bus that would have taken barely 30 minutes.

An hour later than I’d been hoping for, I was on the train and heading north towards Perth. The first part of the journey rammed sardine like into the small two car train that had most of the Hearts away supporters club heading to a match at Kirkcaldy.

I checked into the hotel, dropped off my stuff and then headed out into town to have a wander.

I had a long walk around town taking in the key sights, in fact spending so much time taking in the sights that by the time I reached the castle that houses the Blackwatch museum it had already closed for the evening.

I had a bit more of a wander round the town before grabbing an early dinner in a very nice Indian restaurant and then heading back to the hotel for a quick drink in the bar and then an early night to try and catch up on the sleep rudely lost in the morning.