It was then time to head in to the centre to give Ben a tour of the sights. It was his first time in the city and we got a little worried that everything notable to point out was either the site of a murder, hanging or Harry Potter.

Though it can get a bit familar showing people around a city you've lived in for so long, I hadn't been in Greyfriars Kirk in years and forgot how gruesome some of the gravestones were.

We headed in to Greyfriar's Kirk to give Ben a better view of George Heriot's School, which had inspired Hogwarts, and we arrived just in time to see a marching band performing in the grounds.