That’s it for another year
The Edinburgh International Festival for 2008 officially closed last night with the Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert.
The weather, which had been dismal and damp all day long, mercifully took a turn for the better just before the gates to Princes Street Gardens opened.
The sychronisation of music to explosions was amazing.
Apparently they expended about 100,000 fireworks in about 50 minutes. At times it was the pyrotechnic equivalent of ramming a whole 200g bar of chocolate into your mouth at once.
Only it didn’t make you feel sick afterwards.