Friday 13th May
The day continued for us down the Royal Mile to Holyrood Palace, where my Dad received his investiture of the VC by King George V1 in 1945. It would appear that it was likely to have taken place in the Great Hall. We had a most interesting walk through the entrance to this Palace which included the various State rooms, sleeping quarters etc. The age of the Palace is very old and has creeking floorboards and obviously worn steps etc. The Abbey knave is still intact, but the main roof of the building has collapsed and never been repaired. We walked through the gardens which are truly lovely. We imagined how many little 'royalty' had climbed the various trees and played in the garden. We left the Holyrood Palace after a good look around and made our way back up the royal mile and had a look in various shops etc. Made our way back to the train station and caught the train back to Livingston and then a taxi back to the hotel.
Tomorrow we will be meeting a big group of rellies and no doubt much talking.