This one was really interesting for me. I learned about local history and legends, visited a very appropriate filming location, and got confused by some clocks. π It's good to be back in Edinburgh! The anomaly is on the historic Royal Mile (the Canongate side of it, which used to be a separate burgh until 1856). I notice that many of the historic buildings in the area as well as the Mercat Cross bear a coat of arms that depicts a stag's head with a cross in between its antlers plus the motto "sic itur ad astra" ('thus one journeys to the stars'). π¦β¨ An exhibit in the Museum of Edinburgh across the street explains the origins of Canongate's coat of arms. King David I founded the burgh in 1126. Legend has it that a stag charged at the king on a hunting trip, but the beast stopped suddenly before reaching him at which moment the king saw a vision of the holy cross. (In response, he reckoned it was the right place and time to build the Holyrood Abbey.) I first explore the Canongate kirkyard. There's a statue of the poet Robert Fergusson by the gates (he's buried in the kirkyard). Fergusson died young (poor chap injured his head, was locked up in an asylum and died there soon after at age 24 - sadly fulfilling a premonition he had). He was very influential though, and a major inspiration to Robert Burns, who penned his epitaph. Another (reputed) burial I spot is that of David Rizzio, secretary and friend of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered brutally by Mary's husband and his accomplices in front of the heavily pregnant queen - gruesome. I notice several hourglasses on the old headstones. Must say that 'place and time' are very pertinent to graves. Next I visit an Outlander filming location in the Bakehouse Close. I was vaguely aware that it existed somewhere in the old town, but wasn't sure where until Rando led me right to it. In the series, this is where Claire and Jamie are reunited after 20 years apart, as Claire travels back in time having learned that Jamie survived the war and is running a printshop in Edinburgh. Very 'right place, right time' for them! A Deliveroo cyclist enters the close right after me. He's trying to call the person who ordered food (I assume) and looks miffed. I don't think it was the right place for him. π I pop into the Museum of Edinburgh for a bit. Their temporary exhibition is about the Caribbean community in Edinburgh. This loosely fits the intent too as my mum will be celebrating her 60th in the Caribbean this year. I'm at the bus stop looking through my photos when I realise that the Canongate Tolbooth clock is showing the wrong time. What's more, it's the same time that a drawing of a clock at the entrance to the museum is showing (I took a photo of it). It's so odd, I wonder if the clock no longer works - maybe it's another local curiosity and that's why it's depicted at the entrance? Or maybe I got the arms mixed up... But no, the clock ticks on, showing the wrong time, so I chalk it up to a confusing, strange coincidence. Finally, I see an owl in the window of The Wyrd Shop before my bus comes.π¦