So in the past few weeks I've been doing a fair bit of trekking around Meeting people. I've not updated the MMC website yet, I thought it'd be best to get some content by travelling for a few weeks so that anyone new to the website gets the impression it's established and going well.

So my first trip was to Edinburgh. I flew up with friend Stuart in the evening. I Met up with Fraser, a chap who lives outside Aberdeen. He had travelled over 100 miles to Meet me which I think is incredible.

I was slightly nervous meeting him as I'd never spoken to him before and only arranged where and when to meet on an Internet forum. But it was great. He's a lovely guy, really friendly and just the sort of person I'd like to meet everywhere.

Since he was staying in the same hotel as Stuart and I we decided to dump all our stuff and head off together onto the town. I'd done a bit of research prior to our arrival and found a huge Wetherspoons a quick walk from Princes Street (the main shopping street in Edinburgh). We had a couple of drinks and wandered back to the Hotel via McDonalds.

Because we'd met up at 9pm and Stuart and I flew back to Luton airport at 10am, we got a fairly early night. Before hitting the pillow however, I gave Fraser his prestigious "I've Met Matt Chapman" t-shirt and we got a photo together.

I can't say much about Edinburgh because I didn't see any of it in daylight. I could just about make out the architecture of the buildings and I was impressed. It seems Edinburgh is rather beautiful and the castle is lit up rather spectacularly at night.

I think the only let down from the trip was that everyone I had spoken to helped to paint a tremendous picture of this grand castle with turrets and guns and damels in destress on a tall hill looking proudly over the city of Edinburgh. But in essense, it appeared to be an old building, slightly larger than those surrounding it, raised on a slight mound to give it a centerpiece feel.

I felt dirty having such a small time in Edinburgh and not being able to chat to Fraser more but I don't regret going in any way and I look forward to returning to properly explore the city.