On two days in August I see the Lammas Fair in St Andrews and then visit Edinburgh Botanic Gardens the next day


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Morning in St Andrews
and the road is closed
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Many things are
being set up
3
I meet David
in St Mary's Quad
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It seems peaceful...
5
But
look here
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What is that?
7
And over here
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What is that?
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The street is full
of rides and people
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This game
looks rather fun
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The next morning
they're putting back street signs
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And returning
flower pots
13
I head to the bus station
with my student Natasha
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We go to Edinburgh
to visit Richard, Natasha's co-supervisor
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And the Botanic Gardens
where Richard works
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Inside a greenhouse
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We see lily pads
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An Acacia Tree
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With its
symbiotic ants
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Lady Slipper Orchids
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That furry green
is a plant's roots
22
Linnaeus named
this flower after himself (Linnaea)
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The Cafe has a machnie that makes
fresh squeesed orange juice
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We stop and see
the famous wild fern (in the gent's toilet)
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We go to the Herbarium
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Where Richard shows Natasha
some of the samples
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Afterwards we have
Thai food
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With Nenya
Richard's wife
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Then its back through Edinburgh
(I liked this curvy walkway)
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And through the back way
to the Rail Station
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Where they advertise
books on billboards
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On the way home
I see boats sailing the Forth

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