Everyone seems to have been telling us to go to New Lanark recently, so we picked up Dad and Grandma and headed along for a day out.

New Lanark is a village that was created as a social experiment in 1786, where people could live and work at the cotton mill.

Today, the mill is open as a strange and quirky visitor attraction with old-fashioned mannequins, a very slow theme-park style ride and a movie with holograms from the future.

The roof garden was my favourite part of the tour, with carved wooden animals hidden everywhere and a gorgeous view of the water.

We stocked up on old fashioned sweets from the candy shop and pressed a couple of pennies before heading back into Edinburgh.