Feeling suitably revived after a vege-mighty breakfast, we pulled our professional socks up and took to the streets.

The thing about Edinburgh is that it’s got a proper skyline. Not a tangled mess of glittering steel and concrete, but a wonderful, ancient city view that not many other places can match.

Now we come to think about it, there’s nothing that quite brings a city to life like a looming great hill topped with a grand historical monument. Athens is obviously right up there - Granada, Jodhpur, Budapest, Bratislava and a handful of others, too. Another one for a future post, I suppose…

Anyway, these sightseeing snaps of some of the best views of Edinburgh Castle were taken from down in St Cuthbert’s Kirkyard (alongside Princes Street Gardens). Framed by the crumbling tombstones, it makes an even more spectacular sight than usual.