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JessicaTam said:
It was the Manchester Portland St. Service was a bit too casual for our liking. Checkin was done in the foyer area leading to lifts so created a bottleneck of people.
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I stayed there in 2013 when attending the Ashes. Very casual staff with barely a clue about hospitality. I had a stand up row with the manager when I had to teach his bar staff how to poor a beer and then he chatted me for going behind the bar. End result the strongest post stay survey I've ever filled out. Couldn't bag the staff enough they were borderline hopeless. Location was ok the brekky was fine but just poorly managed.
 
craven morehead said:
I stayed there in 2013 when attending the Ashes. Very casual staff with barely a clue about hospitality. I had a stand up row with the manager when I had to teach his bar staff how to poor a beer and then he chatted me for going behind the bar. End result the strongest post stay survey I've ever filled out. Couldn't bag the staff enough they were borderline hopeless. Location was ok the brekky was fine but just poorly managed.
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We didn’t bother paying the £10 they wanted for breakfast. Glasgow on the other hand was a complete contrast. But I am getting ahead of myself!
 
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dxwell said:
Hi Jessica, can you please let us know about your Edinburgh accommodation? I'm about to book :)
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The Hilton Carlton Edinburgh is a decent option - modern rooms and sits on the bridge right on the royal mile. The Radisson Blu is also is a really nice option (on the mile).
 
The next morning I went for a walk to get some shots of the library I had not grabbed the night before.

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While I was walking around I spotted this chap playing his guitar ...
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... with a bow.

Back to the hotel and a walk to the station with a slight detour took us to a park with a memorial to Alan Turing.
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And the background to the plaque's last statement "Victim of prejudice"
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At the station and it was quite apparent that this is a busy interchange.
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Flashback said:
Is it different there compared to the rest of the UK? 0.08 I thought... higher than Aus.
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0.0022 I think (breath test). I think rest of UK is 0.0035? Plenty of warnings that even one drink could put you over. Was enough to ward me off driving to even one distillery, so no bad thing. :)
 
kermatu said:
0.0022 I think (breath test). I think rest of UK is 0.0035? Plenty of warnings that even one drink could put you over. Was enough to ward me off driving to even one distillery, so no bad thing. :)
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Drink driving and the legal alcohol limit

In England and Wales, the alcohol limit for drivers is 80 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood, 35 microgrammes per 100 millilitres of breath or 107 milligrammes per 100 millilitres of urine.

The alcohol limit for drivers in Scotland is different than in the rest of the UK. In December 2014 the limit was reduced to 50 milligrammes of alcohol in every 100 millilitres of blood4. The breath alcohol equivalent reduced to 22 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath5.
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So reading that I take it to be 0.08 for England & Wales and 0.05 for Scotland (same as Australia)? I guess it depends if you take the 'breath' or 'blood' reading. The blood reading is the 0.08 and 0.05 in the UK so would always opt for that, the breathalyser seems to be lower (0.035 and 0.022) but you could then always go down the blood option to prove you're in fact below the limit.

Blood alcohol limits - Alcohol and driving - Alcohol and other drugs - Staying safe - NSW Centre for Road Safety

Your BAC measures the amount of alcohol you have in your system in grams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. A BAC of 0.05 means you have 0.05 grams (50 milligrams) of alcohol in every 100 millilitres of blood.
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As I will be in Edinburgh fairly soon, I am keenly awaiting details of the best cake shops :D
 
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