Fun and games in Edinburgh yesterday.  Quite literally because a number of games formed part of the Hogmanay festivities.  Claire and I managed to take part in two, stealing ribbons from the minotaur as we stole quietly through his maze inside St Giles and throwing paper aeroplanes in the Hub to cause an invisible electric band to burst into music.

There were two other major games and lots of smaller things like hoopla that we didn't find time to do and despite our best efforts our team, the Uppies, were beaten by the Doonies.

It was a great idea which I hope they will repeat.

Fun and games later on in Dicksonfield where three fire engines were called around midnight to deal with a fire in a binstore.  You might think that's not a major event but the binstore in question is underneath someone's flat so the fire-raiser could well have been a widow-maker.  Preventive measures have already been set in motion by the ever vigilant DORA committee.