I accompanied three more photographers to see the start of the Edinburgh festival this year. Our favourite location during the Festival is the Royal Mile, a main street in the old part of the city that runs from Holyrood Palace up to the Castle. During Festival month it is populated with street artists and groups of actors from the Fringe shows, all eager to tell you about their performance and to put a leaflet in your hands. I found carrying the leaflets round a bit problematic, so instead I photographed the ones I was interested in! A couple of us spent some time poking around the old alleys and graveyards,…