Unknown Leisure

It's been a very busy week this week.

The main reason was the excellent free Edinburgh Leisure pass that we obtained via a competition with ESPC. I was alerted to this by the Guardian's excellent Edinburgh blog. If you want to find out what's going on in the Edinburgh blogosphere - it's a superior resource.

So this week, we have been to classes such as BodyBalance and BodyCombat plus free access to Edinburgh's pools and gyms.

But the best bit has been the use of the Turkish bath at Portobello. A series of rooms lead you into the steam room where a myriad number of folk can be seen sweating through the steam. A quick shower - and then into the baltic plunge pool - where the temperature feels like it's straight from the Firth of Forth - to quote Tom Waits "...colder than a well digger's ass..." Three times then a lie down to relax chatting with friends. There is a clock - but it seems to be so steamed up that you are not really conscious of the time. Then a few lengths of the pool - and you can head out ready to face the trials and tribulations of the rest of day.

One chap today was taking rrelaxation to the nth degree - and could be heard to be gently snoring on his lounger.