Wednesday was another travel day—although just the train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh—and another hashing day, with The New Town hash this time.
The day started a bit earlier than expected, since I had to go to the NorthLink terminal to pick up some haberdashery (hashing gear) that didn’t make it to the event in time. Back in the hotel with my loot, I enjoyed breakfast there, and then finished packing.
Well before my train was due to depart, I went to Aberdeen station to relax a bit in the First Class Lounge.
It would take the ScotRail train about 2h20 to take me from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley, but on board as well there was an unlimited supply of water and shortbread. And great sea views for a large part of it!
After arrival, I went straight to the hotel Hub by Premier Inn in Rose Street, and after a cup of tea in the lobby, I could already check myself in.
For my coffee I didn’t go too far. I had even visited Wellington Coffee before!
Completely new, however, was BrewDog Edinburgh Waverley, a franchise bar in the main train station. I took me a while to find it, but while The Shaw OG hot dog was tasty, the beer choice was disappointing. It really is a bar where you’d only go to kill some time before your train leaves, not a beer geek destination…
Time to change again, and hop on a bus to get to the start of this week’s The New Town H3 run. Nice turnout, great trail!
Back in the centre and in my MacLaren kilt, I had a couple of beers at the Fierce Bar.
After a quick late night dinner at Jollibee, the last stop was at Vessel, a restaurant and bar run by Pilot.
