Day 1, Stupid is as Stupid does..

I love to climb. Hills, steps, anything that goes up so on my day off in Edinburgh it seemed natural I should aim for this amazing castle on a high hill in the very center of the city. So off I went, it actually turned out to be not much of a climb but worth the small effort. Certainly not stupid.

So I decided to climb Scotts Tower, worth the 300 steps for the great views of the old city. Easy, not stupid.

I had read about Holyrood Park and vaguely remembered something about a hill in the center that was worth the climb. Now this is where I hear Adrienne laughing when I tell you I didn’t really read much, didn’t have anything with me and actually had forgotten everything when I found myself at the park. I was looking at this small “mountain” wondering if this was the thing one would climb and thought it looked quite daunting when a “young couple” appeared and proceeded to scale which was a very steep climb. I watched them for a while, she was having a tough time but they were making progress. After thinking about the article saying it was worth the climb I started out after them. I could not stand and climb I was crawling and holding on to tall grass not to fall backwards. About a third of the way I realized I could never descend on that path so i had to keep going. The stupid word was emerging. About half way I was really worried when I stopped to rest and looked up and saw people walking on what had to be a path around the top. The word stupid was getting louder along with Adrienne’s laughter. Finally, dripping with sweat, filthy hands and knees I came to the top and literally fell on the path to the amazement of people strolling by. I then followed the path to the other side (the entrance) and down a gradual hill for about a mile.

After that I decided a beer and food was in order, not stupid.