The old town of Edinburgh resembles the set of a Hammer horror film when the sun goes down. Shadowy creatures of the night emerge from narrow closes which are dimly lit by creaking lanterns; vampyric shapes are glimpsed hanging around in ancient grave-yards; ghostly phantoms swirl around the sites of public executions; tormented souls howl their anguish at the sky. Looming above it all is the hulking shape of the castle rock and on top of that the castle itself stares out over the city like an all seeing eye watching silently over the restlessly sleeping city...
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