Sir James Stuart was the first lord advocate of Scotland in 1692, and lived there, and Deacon Brodie was deacon of a trades guild ( Wrights and Masons ), also a highly skilled cabinet maker and an Edinburgh city councillor too. He was also a gambler, which he funded by becoming a housebreaker. He was sentenced to death, but escaped the gallows by fleeing to America. He is sometimes cast as the Scottish Jekyll and Hyde Loving these posts, keep up the fantastic work. Nothing like this up in the granite city, mores the pity.
Riddle’s Close is very historical. For one thing, the great philosopher David Hume lived there (whose statue is elsewhere on the Royal mile). King James VI attended a royal banquet there in the late 1500s. One of the rooms has a painted beam ceiling similar to the one in the John Knox house. Some painted landscape panels from there are in the Museum of Scotland, and a Henry Duguid painting of the close is in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
I'm loving your videos, thank you. At 3.01 you show us Lady Stair's Close, named after Elizabeth, Dowager Countess of Stair, the Writers Museum is her old house. Before her it was Lady Gray's Close after the original builders wife.
I've just stumbled upon your channel and it's outstanding stuff. I'm from Glasgow and didn't even know these closes had amazing wee yards with shops and pubs, brilliant. Cheers for posting these.
Absolutely fantastic! I am excited to see the closes and will be there next weekend. I will definitely go to the Devil's Advocate and let you know what I think, be happy to buy you a pint. I am going to be making a video on all the places that I visit because of you, thank you for all your awesome inspiration. #clanbroonford.
We’re here! I can’t believe we are finally seeing all the amazing sites you’ve shown us!! Thank you so much for helping us decide what we want to explore while in Edinburgh. It is even more beautiful in person! Thank you tony!!
I absolutely love this series! When we were in Edinburgh last year my goal was to go down every Close but once there found it a wee bit overwhelming. It’s so fun to revisit the closes we did explore and then to see all we missed! Thank you so much for zigzagging for our benefit!
Love these videos of the closes. Thank you! Hoping you feel you are getting some healthy exercise! I’ll be sure to “saunter” through these places in November. Very appreciative of your efforts and wonderful sense of humor as you go along!
Two small ideas for some nice pictures : - from the top of Advocate's Close, you can align the entrance arch with the Scott Monument. - if you go down the first part of St Giles' Street, on your right hand side you will find "The News Steps" (as you said, car can go down so you didn't went in the video... and doesn't count as a close but I recommend having a look at it)
Thank you for all of your work! My son and I visited Edinburgh last April. Before we left we watched several of your videos, researching places we wanted to visit. So grateful for your recommendations and tips. Have watched all of your videos since and have loved seeing the places we visited and learning more about the history. We can't wait for a return visit! Thanks again!!
Tony, Thank you for pointing out hotels! The one down by Zizzi pizza is a type I was looking for. People please check out these video's. They are very helpful!
This series is a great idea! Thanks for posting these! And as it happens, I get to go back to Edinburgh in May! Never in a million years did I think I'd go to Scotland twice in a 12 month period, but here we are. I'm planning to do more poking around the closes than I had two weeks ago.
Thanks for a second great tour of the Closes. We were in Edinburgh in September and wish that we had more time to spend there. Thanks for reminding us of what a wonderful city it is. Cheers.
Brill video, Lad. Noow, I am Finally seeing Pt 2 of the series, how did miss it. I may have sayd this before, so if this a duplicate comment, please excuse my dodgy memory, ...Too bad my friend and I did not have the opportunity to explore the closes in 2015 as you have in these videos. I would very much like to explore the closes my next trip home. Slàinte.
I loved exploring the closes when I was there but my hubby wasn’t too keen. Didn’t get down the all but I gave it a good go. When I (hopefully) come back I’ll meet u for lunch :)
We’re from the States and are in Scotland next week. This is my favorite video so far. I’ve watched loads of yours and have enjoyed them all. You’re a natural behind the camera! I’m hooked and have subscribed!
Well done Tony! I'm reliving my recent vacation with your videos!We ate at the little cafe down Deacon Brody's Close. It was so lovely! Also, for those visiting, seeing Mary King's Close is well worth the price of admission! Looking forward to seeing all the closes we didn't go down! Your just giving me more reasons for a return trip! Cheers!
OMG these videos are helping me so much! I’m coming to Edinburgh in July and this is helping plan my trip. I actually have it on my list to eat at Devil’s Advocate. Have you been since making this video? I also want to have really good scones and clotted cream. Any suggestions? Love your videos.
I agree with you Tony about the new with the old buildings, meh, not a fan. Had no idea Riddles Court was so big back there! Advocates looks nice at dark, have seen a lot of photos of that lantern lit at night. Completely agree about the door near The Thistle Room near Brodie’s, have a photo of that meself. Very interesting, the close videos!
Thank you for showing all these amazing places. I really fancy to go again and stay few days in this beautiful and interesting city. I come from south of France. It would be great if you could make a video with cool accommodations to discover in Edinburgh. Ho and the cap fits you nicely 😊
HI What would you recommend doing in a weekend in Edinburgh Coming up December 7th for weekend and very much looking forward to it. Definitely going around the Xmas markets. Loving your videos.......so fun and informative. THANK you for taking the time out to create these wonderful snapshots of your city
During Part 1 (I believe) that you went down Milne's Court/Close passing the Quaker's Meeting House, and came out onto a walkway over looking Princess Street (?). As you were panning the camera, I caught a glimpse of a store front on your right hand side, that had a Freemason's Square and Compass on a sign. Would you be willing to create a video of Freemasonry buildings/sites in Edinburgh? Please and thank you.
@@ClanBroonford quick question for ya.....can you recommend a good chippy near cockburn st? By near i mean within a mile. Wife and i will be on foot during our visit.
@@jimgamble4355 There is actually one on the royal mile just slightly up on the right from where Cockburn street joins the royal mile. Its on the opposite side of the road, beside the Royal McGregor Pub
I have the Armstrong tartan Kilt. It was a gift from my parents for my 21st. However at some point I want to get a kilt that is the Hebridean Ice Tartan. That is the tartan I got married in.
@@ClanBroonford I was looking through swatches at a kilt shop on Princes St and discovered Fraser Muted. Fraser Red was always a little bold for my taste, but I might just have to buy one in Fraser muted for when the occasion arises. (and yes, I totally should have worn a kilt for my second wedding, but I chickened out and don't really know where to get one in Seattle)
Hello Apologies, but if you get time would you take a walk up Frederick street??? Staying at 53 in December and really looking forward to it. Love your videos by the way.......very I formative yet fun
Just an after thought, but why did you just not stay on one side of the road going down the royal mile and cross over the road coming back up to the castle
Hi, most things will still be open. A lot of the tourist attractions will have shorter opening times, so you will have to plan ahead and make sure you have time to visit them.
Thank you for preparing me well for my 1st Edinburgh visit! Got lost and found my way back to the hotel by using 2 of the closes you showed us.
Sir James Stuart was the first lord advocate of Scotland in 1692, and lived there, and Deacon Brodie was deacon of a trades guild ( Wrights and Masons ), also a highly skilled cabinet maker and an Edinburgh city councillor too. He was also a gambler, which he funded by becoming a housebreaker. He was sentenced to death, but escaped the gallows by fleeing to America. He is sometimes cast as the Scottish Jekyll and Hyde Loving these posts, keep up the fantastic work. Nothing like this up in the granite city, mores the pity.
Thanks for that, i love learning little bits of info like that.
Riddle’s Close is very historical. For one thing, the great philosopher David Hume lived there (whose statue is elsewhere on the Royal mile). King James VI attended a royal banquet there in the late 1500s. One of the rooms has a painted beam ceiling similar to the one in the John Knox house. Some painted landscape panels from there are in the Museum of Scotland, and a Henry Duguid painting of the close is in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
I'm loving your videos, thank you. At 3.01 you show us Lady Stair's Close, named after Elizabeth, Dowager Countess of Stair, the Writers Museum is her old house. Before her it was Lady Gray's Close after the original builders wife.
.Makes me so proud to be born and raised in Edinburgh! 💟💕
Its’s knockturn alley, the really steep one with the pots and arches :-)
I've just stumbled upon your channel and it's outstanding stuff. I'm from Glasgow and didn't even know these closes had amazing wee yards with shops and pubs, brilliant. Cheers for posting these.
Thank you so much.
Absolutely fantastic! I am excited to see the closes and will be there next weekend. I will definitely go to the Devil's Advocate and let you know what I think, be happy to buy you a pint. I am going to be making a video on all the places that I visit because of you, thank you for all your awesome inspiration. #clanbroonford.
Share a link to the video. I would love to see it👍.
@@ClanBroonford I definitely will share, your videos have really helped me set an itinerary.
Thanks. Send us the video you make as well. Would love to see it.👍
We’re here! I can’t believe we are finally seeing all the amazing sites you’ve shown us!! Thank you so much for helping us decide what we want to explore while in Edinburgh. It is even more beautiful in person! Thank you tony!!
You are more than welcome. Hope you have an amazing time👍
I absolutely love this series! When we were in Edinburgh last year my goal was to go down every Close but once there found it a wee bit overwhelming. It’s so fun to revisit the closes we did explore and then to see all we missed! Thank you so much for zigzagging for our benefit!
Love these videos of the closes. Thank you! Hoping you feel you are getting some healthy exercise! I’ll be sure to “saunter” through these places in November. Very appreciative of your efforts and wonderful sense of humor as you go along!
Two small ideas for some nice pictures :
- from the top of Advocate's Close, you can align the entrance arch with the Scott Monument.
- if you go down the first part of St Giles' Street, on your right hand side you will find "The News Steps"
(as you said, car can go down so you didn't went in the video... and doesn't count as a close but I recommend having a look at it)
Thank you for all of your work! My son and I visited Edinburgh last April. Before we left we watched several of your videos, researching places we wanted to visit. So grateful for your recommendations and tips. Have watched all of your videos since and have loved seeing the places we visited and learning more about the history. We can't wait for a return visit! Thanks again!!
You are more than welcome. Thank you for watching the videos. Hope they bring back good memories.
Tony, Thank you for pointing out hotels! The one down by Zizzi pizza is a type I was looking for. People please check out these video's. They are very helpful!
Wonderful city...hope to visit this summer..
This series is a great idea! Thanks for posting these! And as it happens, I get to go back to Edinburgh in May! Never in a million years did I think I'd go to Scotland twice in a 12 month period, but here we are. I'm planning to do more poking around the closes than I had two weeks ago.
Thanks for a second great tour of the Closes. We were in Edinburgh in September and wish that we had more time to spend there. Thanks for reminding us of what a wonderful city it is. Cheers.
Brill video, Lad. Noow, I am Finally seeing Pt 2 of the series, how did miss it. I may have sayd this before, so if this a duplicate comment, please excuse my dodgy memory, ...Too bad my friend and I did not have the opportunity to explore the closes in 2015 as you have in these videos. I would very much like to explore the closes my next trip home. Slàinte.
I loved exploring the closes when I was there but my hubby wasn’t too keen. Didn’t get down the all but I gave it a good go. When I (hopefully) come back I’ll meet u for lunch :)
We’re from the States and are in Scotland next week. This is my favorite video so far. I’ve watched loads of yours and have enjoyed them all. You’re a natural behind the camera! I’m hooked and have subscribed!
Hope you have an incredible time, and that we have helped you get the most out of your trip.
Well done Tony! I'm reliving my recent vacation with your videos!We ate at the little cafe down Deacon Brody's Close. It was so lovely! Also, for those visiting, seeing Mary King's Close is well worth the price of admission! Looking forward to seeing all the closes we didn't go down! Your just giving me more reasons for a return trip! Cheers!
Thanks. I think I need to try the cafe at Brodie’s close myself.
My wife and I did the same. Both very enjoyable.
OMG these videos are helping me so much! I’m coming to Edinburgh in July and this is helping plan my trip. I actually have it on my list to eat at Devil’s Advocate. Have you been since making this video? I also want to have really good scones and clotted cream. Any suggestions? Love your videos.
There are some lovely tea rooms round the royal mile that will be able to help you out there.
The other guy is Andy Serkis :) I just love your videos. Will watch more of them today. Cheers!
Thank you so much. Glad you enjoy them. And thanks for watching them.
I agree with you Tony about the new with the old buildings, meh, not a fan. Had no idea Riddles Court was so big back there! Advocates looks nice at dark, have seen a lot of photos of that lantern lit at night. Completely agree about the door near The Thistle Room near Brodie’s, have a photo of that meself. Very interesting, the close videos!
Thank you for showing all these amazing places. I really fancy to go again and stay few days in this beautiful and interesting city.
I come from south of France. It would be great if you could make a video with cool accommodations to discover in Edinburgh.
Ho and the cap fits you nicely 😊
You are very welcome. I don’t know much about the accommodation in Edinburgh. Being a resident, I have never stated in any of them.
HI
What would you recommend doing in a weekend in Edinburgh
Coming up December 7th for weekend and very much looking forward to it. Definitely going around the Xmas markets.
Loving your videos.......so fun and informative. THANK you for taking the time out to create these wonderful snapshots of your city
There is so many Christmas events going on it’s hard to chose. Check out the Edinburgh Christmas web site. That will help.👍
David Hume used to live in Riddle’s court.
Love the Videos, We will be at The Devils Advocate (The closes of the royal mile | Part 2) 12 midday on the 9th of August, come join us for lunch
During Part 1 (I believe) that you went down Milne's Court/Close passing the Quaker's Meeting House, and came out onto a walkway over looking Princess Street (?). As you were panning the camera, I caught a glimpse of a store front on your right hand side, that had a Freemason's Square and Compass on a sign. Would you be willing to create a video of Freemasonry buildings/sites in Edinburgh? Please and thank you.
Don't know much about it, but i will see what i can find.
Really enjoying the.vids. Will be in edinburgh in april. Maybe we'll run into each other. 🙂
Hope you have a great visit.
@@ClanBroonford quick question for ya.....can you recommend a good chippy near cockburn st? By near i mean within a mile. Wife and i will be on foot during our visit.
@@jimgamble4355 There is actually one on the royal mile just slightly up on the right from where Cockburn street joins the royal mile. Its on the opposite side of the road, beside the Royal McGregor Pub
Ok, so since you mentioned you had a kilt (I wasn't going to assume), which tartan is it?
I have the Armstrong tartan Kilt. It was a gift from my parents for my 21st. However at some point I want to get a kilt that is the Hebridean Ice Tartan. That is the tartan I got married in.
@@ClanBroonford I was looking through swatches at a kilt shop on Princes St and discovered Fraser Muted. Fraser Red was always a little bold for my taste, but I might just have to buy one in Fraser muted for when the occasion arises. (and yes, I totally should have worn a kilt for my second wedding, but I chickened out and don't really know where to get one in Seattle)
Hello
Apologies, but if you get time would you take a walk up Frederick street??? Staying at 53 in December and really looking forward to it. Love your videos by the way.......very I formative yet fun
Hey, don’t know if I will get a chance before you visit. But if you check out the video the new town, that’s the right area.👍 hope it helps.
No problem. Do that today.
Thanks so much
Just an after thought, but why did you just not stay on one side of the road going down the royal mile and cross over the road coming back up to the castle
Hi , will be visiting Edinburgh in mid January , just wondering what things will be open , or do things stay open all year round , thanks
Hi, most things will still be open. A lot of the tourist attractions will have shorter opening times, so you will have to plan ahead and make sure you have time to visit them.
The Broonfords thanks for the reply , love the videos
Thank you very much. Hope you have a great visit.
Thankyou , me and my girl friend visited in April , and wanted to return straight away , amazing city