<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?attachment_id=125" rel="attachment wp-att-125"><img class="size-medium wp-image-125 alignleft" title="FlyBe Q400 Dash 8" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Photo-06-08-2011-14-20-05-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a>Travelling, or at least the prospect of travelling is such a nightmare for me. There are too many variables and therefore the control of the whole process is quite fraught for someone with OCD. After a several days of depression the morning arrived when we had to pack and head for Birmingham to catch our Flybe flight. All went surprisingly to plan, no hold ups on the motorways, we found the car park with no diversions and walked straight through security.

I think it was Nick who said it would be a turboprop and he was right, as always. It's always a little disconcerting to see propellors on a plane these days as we're so used to jets but our little aircraft did what it was designed for and we were landing at Edinburgh within an hour.

We had a brief wait for our single piece of hold luggage before we made our way outside and jumped into a taxi that took us to the flat that would be our home for the next week.

After unpacking we went to buy some essentials from the local supermarkets, one is never enough so we visited both Tescos and Sainsburys for good measure. Then a quick bite to eat sitting outside a local cafe under an awning while the rain drizzled down. It then rained and rained while we wandered through the familiar streets of the Old Town. We picked up our prebooked tickets, very efficient service, and finally made our way back to the warm dry surrounds of the flat.

It was a busy day...