a group of rugby players in a huddle with bbc written on the bottom Alt: Welsh and English rugby players head into a scrum.

Yeah probably time to go home, the weather’s worse than hell and there are only so many Six Nations flags you can see in a day. #OurNationsCapital

Edinburgh Castle stands looming over Johnston Terrace.

If Hearts win the league (still cant believe I’m typing that) they should absolutely do something at the castle.

McInnes standing on the Esplanade parading the trophy: Shankland abseiling into Princes Street Gardens with it; something like that, you know? Keep folk on their toes. #OurNationsCapital

Murrayfield Stadium viewed out of the rain-sodden window of a train from Edinburgh Gateway to Haymarket.

One day it will stop raining, and I want you to know that that day is not today. #OurNationsCapital

BBC Sport: Hearts 1-0 Hibernian after an 88th-minute winner, keeping the Jambos six points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership.

I’m going to Edinburgh tomorrow for an all-dayer, which means I basically caused this, you’re welcome. #OurNationsCapital #TheReluctantJambo

a castle with a mountain in the background and a blue sky with white clouds Alt: Light clouds pass very quickly over Holyrood Palace, with Arthur’s Seat in the background.

Not going to live-tweet every shift in the office, because good god. But the place seems ok, if they fix the WiFi.

Back in there tomorrow and Thursday, partly because of my Dentist Date With Destiny (Dentistiny?) But on Wednesday I’m going to the Edinburgh office, because I can. #OurNationsCapital

Nicola Sturgeon smiles and has a glass of something.

Got a rare “empty” on Sunday/Monday, as my wean is off to London to confront an embassy (/get an Indonesian passport).

Dunno what to do: the weather looks rubbish except in Edinburgh ( #OurNationsCapital) so a hillwalk might be a waste of time. Curry? Beer? Just update @bottertogether.bsky.social?

The Royal Mile in Edinburgh with Christmas lights in front of St. Giles Cathedral.

Glasgow Christmas Lunch: In a hotel function suite; 400 people you don’t know; really loud DJ; stressed staff; undercooked turkey; leave at 2pm to pick up your child.

Edinburgh Christmas Dinner: eight folk; pub grub; stick your train ticket on expenses; see massive old buildings. #OurNationsCapital

Leonardo di Caprio has a wine drink, but he is wearing John McGinn’s football strip with a Saltire behind him.

Current outlook. #NoScotlandNoParty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #OurNationsCapital

The menu for the Holyrood 9A pub in Edinburgh.

In Swinney’s local. Which pub was it where F*r*ge got done in? I want to pay a pilgrimage. #OurNationsCapital

a close up of a man wearing a white jacket with the word adidas on it Alt: The All Blacks of New Zealand perform the Haka before a match, as an opponent watches on smirking.

Just to sum up how Edinburgh this office is, two folk nearby are having a rant about Six Nations tickets, that’s how Edinburgh this office is. #OurNationsCapital

Christmas night out in Edinburgh tonight, don’t mind if I do. #FridayNight 🎅🎄☃️ #OurNationsCapital

Met Office: most of the UK is covered in a labyrinth of yellow and amber warnings for rain and wind today.

They know it’s my Christmas night out in Edinburgh tomorrow, so they’re getting all this out the way today, classy touch tbf. 👏 #OurNationsCapital 🎅

Going to enjoy my works night out on Wednesday ( #OurNationsCapital), but the Sertraline is running out, so after that I’m asking them to bump it up to 100mg.

About time to test it out, and no better time to do it. Christmas is a ‘tricky’ time for me, and the worst bit is when it actually happens.

Kris Boyd reports for Sky Sports News on a routine 1-0 win for Rangers over Hearts at Ibrox, and is all smiles. But as the clock strikes 90 minutes Hearts equalise, causing the smile to leave the face of a startled Boyd.

Impromptu site visit / hillwalks in and around Edinburgh tomorrow! #OurNationsCapital

But my boots fell apart in the summer.

The back of my car with a medium-sized dent. The make, model and reg number are concealed for security reasons.

Ended up on a flying visit to the Edinburgh office ( #OurNationsCapital), but in a courtesy car, after someone bumped my actual car 2 weeks ago.

I always get the train to Edinburgh, because planet, but there was literally no time yesterday cause I was supposed to be taking my wean to theatre class.

a man wearing red sunglasses is holding a camera in his hand and says slip inside the eye of your mind Alt: Noel Gallagher pretends to be a Beatle and sings, “Slip inside the eye of your mind”.

Dreamt that I finally bagged an Oasis ticket, but in some big weird building in Edinburgh.

My entire family was there (even my Maw and Da). We were in a weird pen-type bit under the stage, but tickets were dirt cheap there (my child’s was £3:50). Woke up during the support. 5/10. #OurNationsCapital

a cartoon character with a very angry face and the words `` here we go again '' . Alt: Someone in Inside Out looking incensed as their head explodes. The caption says “here we go again”.

Lotta unisex toilets in this city. In the home of the Chief Transphobe. Hope she never finds out. #OurNationsCapital

A plate of barbecue burger and chips and beer, which is excellent tbh tbf.

CW: food.

Well worthy the wait. Got a tip-off that dinner might take more than an hour, it in the end it was 40mins (including a delay as a colleague accidental stole mine). Good stuff frankly. 9/10. #OX184 #OurNationsCapital #FridayNight🥳

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a river and says `` oh yeah , just one more thing ... '' Alt: Colombo is about to leave when he says, “Oh yeah, just one more thing…”

Finally on the Edinburgh train for my boss’s leaving do. Eight years of cordial relations coming to an end. The only constant in life (unless Ken Barlow is still alive?)

Still think there’s a non-zero chance he brings his laptop to OX184 to outline some final “feedback” though. #OurNationsCapital

a man is dancing in front of a background that says friday night on it Alt: Beck Martin asks everyone to enjoy his original song ‘Friday Night’, The X Factor, 2016.

Seem to have gained clearance to go to Edinburgh for my boss’s (boss’?) leaving do this Friday.

OX184 sounds like an emotionless farmer’s naming system, but apparently it’s a restaurant (with… DJs…?) that serves drinks, and I need drinks, so I might have drinks. #FridayNight🥳 #OurNationsCapital

Good morning Friends.Wanted to shoot out an #EastCoastUpdate. This is related to the ongoing #Attack on #OurNationsCapital. We are quietly entering the point of #DemocraticDegradation where our government is trying to control the flow of movement via #FacistCheckPoints. #PSA #DC #Update #BattleForDC

A footlong Tex Mexan from Subway with a raspberry cookie and Coke Zero, in Edinburgh’s Old Town.

Edinburgh: Always There For You (well me anyway). #OurNationsCapital

the letter e is on a black background Alt: A promotional video for Edinburgh, with clips of the city interspersed with the word “EDINBURGH” spinning around some Windows Movie Maker graphics.

Speaking of Edinburgh, absolutely going to have dinner there.

Haven’t researched this at all, but as long as your restaurants are still open at 7-7:30pm I’ll go somewhere near Newington or summit. I apologise for my trousers (for the mud. The mud on my trousers.) #OurNationsCapital #12DaysOfFreedom

Saturday is meh ok, but still showers in Lake District. Tempted to cross the border to my homeland, god’s country, and climb some hills in the Borders.

Definitely going to #OurNationsCapital 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 for some kind of dinner (there must be somewhere good). Sunday *might* be Munros, p!$hing rain permitting.

Original plan was to drop them off on Friday morning, climb Helvellyn, stay in the hostel there and come back on Saturday (via a couple more hills and some kind of solo meal in Edinburgh. #OurNationsCapital)

I *think* that’s still the plan; just with a bit more alcohol in the hostel; now needed.

Day 1: Helvellyn; non-negotiable.
Day 2: A Wainwright? A D*n*ld on the way home? Could swing by Edinburgh. #OurNationsCapital
Day 3: Munros (Rannoch?)
Day 4-7: work hrmph. Should do something with evenings though.
Day 8-10: Highlands; never climbed any Munros past the Great Glen; that changes now.

CW: Food - A massive Polish kebab-style wrap with absolutely everything inside.

Saved some money by flying from #OurNationsCapital Edinburgh to Poznań, then buying the greatest lunch of my life for €3:30 before getting the train to Berlin. The most European day I’ll ever have.

There’s every chance that I’m sat in a tram with intermittent 3G when Aberdeen win the Scottish Cup for the first time in 35 years.

Have they got WiFi? Edinburgh transport beats Glasgow in every respect, so there’s half a chance here Jeff. 🤞 #OurNationsCapital

Hibs winning the SWPL title is pretty seismic for the women’s game in Scotland tbh.

The men’s game is run by two Glasgow teamzzzzzz 😴 but the women’s game was run by three Glasgow teams (Glasgow City won *14* straight titles before Rangers & Celtic grabbed one each). Well done. 👏 #OurNationsCapital

a view of a city from a hill with the sun shining through the clouds Alt: A view of Edinburgh from Arthur’s Seat with the sun shining through the clouds.

Going to Edinburgh on Wednesday. Always feel weirdly happy visiting the only city on Earth that voted No to itself being a capital.

But not only do work pay me to go every few months, they pay for my train. Sometimes they even pay for my tram to city centre, dinner and “a drink”. #OurNationsCapital