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We started off with lunch at Cafe Milk, where the sandwiches, cakes and drink coolers went down a treat before heading back to our place to drop off their bags.

Though Mel was sure she didn't want anymore cake, nobody could resist the temptation of Lovecrumbs where we ordered a carrot cake, smoked salt & rye brownie, caramel brownie and chocolate rosemary tart and rotated them around the table.

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.

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.

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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 then headed to the roof of the National Museum of Scotland to give everyone an amazing view over the city, which lasted for all of 10 seconds before a heavy rain storm blew back inside.

We stopped off to see Dolly The Sheep, a Lego model of the Forth Road Bridge and I even managed to squish another penny for my collection.

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Hoping to escape the rain, we headed to Dragonfly for cocktails.

Continuing our mini bar crawl, we made our way up the street to Bennets Bar where we were lucky enough to get the secret booth.

Ben & Dave ordered a whisky tasting which they sipped while Tom tried to teach them how to do the various Scottish accents. I like to think that anyone overhearing our conversation was trying to work out how many people could possibly fit in the our tiny secret booth.