http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34273 Extremely friendly and efficient staff. Feels like a French bar with dark wood and a fire in the corner.
This bar also has a separate eating area though you can eat in bar as well. We had a great fish pie (£8.50) and a steak and kidney pie (£9.50).
The bar, unlike some on the Shore area, is kids friendly.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34273 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33390 On Saturday nights the bar is packed as they have live music. Even when it is quieter it is nice to sit down with a nice pint.
Family friendly.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33390 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32634 The Farm operates solely on donations, so although admission is free, see if you can spare a few pounds to keep this great community project going.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32634 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32420 www.storybookengland.com/). Pack a picnic, a good book or two to read together and visit a location from a favourite book of your childhood!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32420 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/27378 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/27378 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/27367 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/27367 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/23835 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/23835 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19178
To add to the experience we also dined at the castle, as a treat. The castle offers an option of children's menus, either a standard three-course menu, with kids' favorites (fish fingers, sausages etc), or a half adult portion, they really did offer an option to suit all.

The children were so well behaved, totally engrossed in the castle's history, and the memorabilia which is displayed in each of the rooms. Followed by historic tales and ghost stories by the castle staff, it set the kids up with tales and stories to keep them amused all the way home!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19178 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13736
Yes, and I recommend it!

The locals are full of bonhomie; every pub or eatery with a fireplace is welcoming; and the locals, who act as tourist guides at the castle and other touristy places, are happy to see you and have a chat.

Crowds? No ... have have the castle and the whisky tours all to yourself.

You can even venture out of town and maybe have a hit at St Andrews ('cos there is noone else there playing).

There is also the added bonus of Scottish New Year celebrations. Something everyone should do at least once in a lifetime: Hogmanay.

Downside? It's cold - very cold; sleeting and snowing, but hey, nothing a couple of jackets, coats, mufflers, gloves and hats can't fix.

Seriously: go and visit in winter;
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In cornets, you get a choice of vanilla, strawberry or chocolate - none of the fancy flavours as all their expertise goes into making these just wonderful (you can get tubs of different flavours). Soft and creamy, they're popular all year round. And in winter in Musselburgh, that's saying something.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12094 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10451 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10451 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7970 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7970 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7989
Its near the wonderful seaside promenade, with about 45 min if walked in full.

The path to Cramond Island is only walkable when the tide is out, so take some water with you in case you'll get trapped there with the tide rushing in.

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There is also a mix of ticketed events and free drop-in workshops and storytelling sessions for kids, as well as some great events for teenagers this year, including a debate on climate change with Joss Garman and Sandy Starr from the Manifesto Club.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7797 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7783
Climb to the top of the tower and enter a darkened room with a white circular table in the middle. At the appointed hour a guide appears for the ritual. Above the table in the summit of the tower is a complex arrangement of ropes and pulleys that ingeniously manipulate a variety of lenses. The guide, by means of these, can make images of the streets below appear on the white table, complete with people and traffic. So clever is the system that it is possible to zoom in on individuals, who appear with the most startling clarity.

Visit the Camera Obscura and be captivated by its archaic charm. There is a fascination about this mechanism, which ensures that any subsequent visits to the city will include a return to the Outlook Tower.

And forget the camcorder.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7783 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7529 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7529 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2587 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2587