Having lived in Edinburgh my whole life, I feel pretty well-informed of its fascinating history.
But so vast and varied is the rich past of our capital, it boasts the capacity to astound even the most clued up of locals. And so it was when I took a tour of the eerie Real Mary King's Close - and got more than I bargained for.
Burrowing deep beneath the capital's City Chambers, Mary King's Close is a winding network of chambers where real people lived between the 17th and the 19th centuries, named after a merchant burgess who lived there in the 17th century. Intrigued by the prospect of a creepily lit tour of one of Edinburgh's most fascinating tourist attractions, I had to head down and see a lantern-led tour underneath the Royal Mile myself.
