Trip #1 of 3 to the Edinburgh Festival – 2/8/12

• Time my alarm went off: 5.50am
• Number of stairs that I climbed up to the Royal Mile upon leaving the train station via an unfamiliar route: approx 1, 000,000
• Number of shows that I saw: 4
• Number of shows I could have probably fitted in if I’d been in a running about mood: 6
• Number of shows that I enjoyed: 3 (Shakespeare for Breakfast at C Venue; The Prize and Susan Calman at Underbelly)
• Number of shows that I didn’t enjoy: 1
• Number of shows that made me actually angry and subsequently have a mini rant about: see above
• Number of seconds it took me to hone in on a Tobacco/Can Cause Death poster while in C Venues: 6
• Number of people that I saw who I know that made me exclaim ‘eee, it’s a small world’: 3
• Number of famous people that I saw: 2.5 (the .5 is cos I know I’ve seen her in stuff but can’t remember what or her name)
• Number of people who asked me for directions: 1
• Number of people who I was able to successfully direct: 0
• Number of people who I asked for directions: 1
• Number of steps I was from the place I asked for directions for upon asking for directions: approx 10
• Number of free things I got: 2
• Number of flyers I took: 7
• Number of times I thought ‘bloody students’ before remembering that I was one such student at the Fringe back in the day: 12
• Number of bruises I picked up from sources unknown: 1
• Time spent in Edinburgh: 11 hours