Edinburgh
Posted by Danni on January 29th, 2010
Time for a slightly less depressing post.
Johan and I have decided we need a holiday, a break. I need a break from life, he needs some rest. If we’re careful with money, we can go in March, and for various reasons (penguins, cheapness, penguins, ease of access, penguins, stuff to do and penguins) Edinburgh (my suggestion) has won out over Johan’s suggestion of the Yorkshire Dales.
I’ve provisionally found a B+B that’s suitable for the last week of March. I’ve also discovered that the train costs for the two of us will only be around £30 return, which is brilliant (London costs about £60 each). We will be going to the zoo (penguins!) and also seeking out museums and stuff that are interesting. I’ll be taking my laptop for checking emails and something to keep me entertained on the train, but other than that we’re going to try not to go online too much (as we do that at home).
So, I have a question. What places (other than the zoo) must we visit? What places should we avoid? Also, are there any nice places to eat that don’t cost the earth? We’ll be on a limited budget but want to have at least one proper meal out.
I’m starting to look forward to this.
February 24th, 2010 at 11:45 am
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/edinburgh/nms/index.html
The view from the national museum of Scotland is cool and you can see Dolly the sheep.
http://www.realmarykingsclose.com/ is fun.
February 25th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Hi Danni
I came across your site by googling DLA Mental Health (it’s time to do the dreaded form again) and discovered your excellent blog post about applying for DLA. Many thanks, its really helpful.
I hope you have a lovely holiday in Edinburgh but I do hope that, out of fairness to Johan, you will agree to a visit to the Yorkshire Dales. There is some spectacular scenery, interesting places to visit, and plenty of opportunity for getting away from civilisation and retreating to remote, isolated but truly beautiful valleys and moors. Definitely worth a long weekend visit or even a week, particularly if you stay in the northwest corner of the Dales, close to the Cumbria and Durham county boundaries. It wouldn’t be too far for you to travel either. I can suggest some places to visit if you are interested.
As you’ll see if you check out my website, I’ve only fairly recently (about 3 weeks ago) set up my blog, but have been a long term MHSU, and am just a little disillusioned with services. But I’m getting more involved in Service User Involvement with the local MH NHS Trust and that is proving to be a really good “safe” social activity and is helping to give me back a little self-confidence and self-esteem. It might be something you might like to get involved in and most MH NHS Trusts now pay Service Users for time and travel costs in return for providing feedback. The “work” only averages a couple of hours per week and so there should be little or no impact on benefits.
Wishing you all the best
Mentalhealthserviceuser xx