The run-up to Christmas is a great time to be in Edinburgh, with lots going on throughout the city. The main focus though is Edinburgh’s Christmas Market, a mixture of entertainment and market stalls. Usually it is located on Princes Street and in East Princes Street Gardens, but this year it has expanded into St Andrew Square.

The main attraction is a new one this year, the Star Flyer. Rising around 60 metres in height (almost 200 feet) it promises a unique 360 degree view of Edinburgh.

It towers above the neighbouring buildings in the Square, and is taller than the nearby Melville Monument, The Balmoral, which always seems huge at ground level, looked almost insignificant.

My only complaint about the Star Flyer is that the ride doesn’t last long enough! After a few spins we were on our way back down again.

With the sun on its way down we made our way up from St Andrew Square to The Mound for a different view of the Star Flyer.…