It's the Easter holidays and the relatives have been to visit again. This time it was Colin & Sharon and the boys. Ready made entertainment for the kids...themselves! Basically the idea was to not spend any money as we are all skint and why should we spend money when there are loads of free things to do around here. That's why we don't go away...too expensive in all those attractions you have to pay to go in...and that's not including the gift shops. Dunbar is full of free places...although having fine weather makes them more enjoyable....like the beach for example. We did 2 castles in one day. Hailes Castle is free and by far the best hide and seek venue in East Lothian. Whilst we were there we found a barn owl...but it was dead. Isabelle came close to disecting it but it kept them all entertained for ages. Later that day we went to Tantallon Castle. We tried to get in for free with our Historic Scotland passes. Sharon became Emma and she looked well considering she had gained two extra boys since joining historic Scotland only a year ago. Colin ended up paying as he could not get away with being classed as a child...even though he was carrying a light sabre to fight the other kids with later. The other expense of the week was Sweet Occasions. It's a well stocked sweet shop and it is obligatory for Taylor visitors to go in there...oh and Smiths the bakers where Sharon and Colin's lent went pear shaped. Well to be fair on them there is not that much meat in Scotch Pies, Sausage Rolls, Bridies and Haggis Pies. It's all the bits of meat they usually throw away spiced up a bit in a pastry casing. And it is not biblical to give up chocolate, beer and wine all at once.
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