National Museum of Scotland

Meeting place: National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh

Weather - Bright but bitterly cold with a strong wind - a good day to stay indoors

Optional theme: Colour

Refreshments - The museum café 

Eileen found shapes and colours in the lens of the old lighthouse in the main atrium

Ian managed to isolate this figure from the busy background of museum exhibits 

Sandra framed an architectural scene with a window from the musuem

Ada found simplicity in a red chair 

Colin found colour in a selection of tourist pamphlets 

Dorothy photographed a colourful selection of children's souvenirs in the shop 

Closes of the Old Town

Meeting place: Outside the Writer's Museum, to explore some of the closes at the top of the Royal Mile  

Weather - Fine 

Option theme - Flat - interpret it however you want! 

Refreshments - Coffee shop at National Library of Scotland 

Ian found a moment of serenity in Riddle's Court 

Ada found a dragon, and flipped the photo sideways to make it look oh-so-tired

Alex artificially aged his photo of New College

Arthur found a very grand piece of street furniture

Beryl found a reminder that the Old Town is very much a bustling business area

Colin was one of the few who took the theme very seriously, photographing this flat surface in front of two flats 

Dorothy found this ghostly figure