Finally! The long-awaited new playground in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens opened yesterday afternoon. If you follow The Bear & The Fox on Facebook, you may have seen our updated on the progress of the past few months. Of course, we

We did a lot of day trips during the Easter holidays. I had promised by boys a ‘down day’ in between day trips, except I find it hard to just sit around and relax doing nothing, so my idea of

Today we have another brilliant playground review to share with you, which I already alluded to last week. Victoria Park was top of our list of playgrounds to try next, after having been recommended multiple times, and it did not

In our quest to scout out a few more new playgrounds this year, my 8 yr old and I decided to head to Pilrig Park, which lies to the north-east of Edinburgh’s city centre between Leith Walk and Bonnington Road,

We’ve been meaning to check out Craigmillar Castle Park for a while. It’s right next to Craigmillar Castle, but when we visited the castle we didn’t know about the playground so we’ve been waiting for a good opportunity to take

Just  quick post today to add a review on a playground we recently visited. Colinton Mains Park is one of Edinburgh's busiest parks for sports usage, it offers three full-size and three sevens football pitches. There’s also a small playground in

Last updated: 7 January 2023 Morningside Park is a nice wee park in the middle of a busy residential and shopping area. It's tucked away behind Morningside Cemetery, and we didn't realise at first that it was there. Since discovering it

Starting the year as he means to go on, my 8 year old decided he wants to carry on the quest he started last year, to visit as many different playgrounds in Edinburgh as possible, so we jumped on a

We have another short playground review to share with you today. This is a playground that we probably wouldn’t have made a trip especially to see, but we tagged it on to our recent visit to King George V Park

I love discovering hidden gems in the city, and the Barony Community Garden is definitely one of them. Tucked away in a back courtyard, less than ten minutes walk from the St James Quarter shopping centre, it’s a true little

Rounding of this week of reviews is the last stop on our recent trip to North Queensferry, the Forth Road Bridge, and South Queensferry. Dundas Avenue Play Area is situated just a ten minute walk from the train station, and

It’s the extended weekend for the Jubilee holiday, which means we have a few extra days off to do some more exploring around the city. Yesterday, we jumped on a bus to the New Town and visited King George V