Tay and Forth Bridges
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Christmas day, glorious sunshine, half hour to spare on the way to pick up the folks. Just needed a boat to appear....
Sorry its another bridge shot today, but hope you'll agree its an unusual perspective. I was lucky enough to get a space on the Barnado's Scotland #YourView17 trip up the Forth Rail Bridge today. Stunning views for a good cause!
The new Queensferry Crossing across the River Forth opens in a couple of weeks and Im trying to get a location where I can get all three bridges together. I've made a few trips now and not managed to get the shot I am wanting, but at least I managed to take this picture this morning so I cannot complain.
The new Queensferry Crossing across the River Forth is about to open, so I popped along last night to get a shot of it from under the old Forth Road Bridge. The weather very kindly played its part!
As we walked across a small bridge at Hall Memorial Park, we spotted this Crow. He was walking back and forth on the bridge as he grappled with a piece of food. Now you know how this works, you never miss an opportunity for an up close and personal picture. We were not sure what he was having for lunch, but it made for an interesting image.
We walked to the top of the Forth Road Bridge and took this picture of the iconic rail bridge. It’s a beautiful bridge and has been a landmark since 1874.
Boats and ladders and the world's smallest working Light Tower sit alongside one of the world's engineering wonders, the Forth Bridge at North Queensferry.
Opened in 1890 by the Prince of Wales the Forth Bridge is made from 55,000 tonnes of steel, 65 million rivets and requires 7,000 gallons of paint to cover it. At least 73 people were known to have died during its construction.
When completed the bridge was the longest single cantilever bridge in the world and became a UNESCO world heritage site in 2015.
The villages of North and South Queensferry are named after Queen Margaret (1045-1093).
It is believed that Queen Margaret first established a free ferry link between North and South Queensferry (which became known as the Queensferry Passage) to allow pilgrims to make their way over the Firth of Forth on their pilgrimage journey to St Andrews cathedral.
It was Robert Stevenson who built North Queensferry's Harbour Light Tower in 1817, it is now operated by North Queensferry Heritage Trust.
Forth Road Bridge over the River Forth linking the Kingdom of Fife with the Lothians. Opened in 1964 and now only used for pedestrians buses and taxi since the recent opening of the Queensferry Crossing. Long exposure taken from North Queensferry. The white line in the sky to the left of the bridge was the departing 8.55pm flight to London from nearby Edinburgh airport
The sun was setting to the left of the picture giving some great light on the iconic bridge I loved the fishermen dwarfed by the Victorian architecture
The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth, Scotland, South Queensferry. It was opened on 4 March 1890
The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of Edinburgh City Centre. It is considered an iconic structure and a symbol of Scotland (having been voted Scotland's greatest man-made wonder in 2016), and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was designed by the English engineers Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker. It is sometimes referred to as the Forth Rail Bridge to distinguish it from the Forth Road Bridge, though this has never been its official name.
Construction of the bridge began in 1882 and it was opened on 4 March 1890 by the Duke of Rothesay, the future Edward VII. The bridge spans the Forth between the villages of South Queensferry and North Queensferry and has a total length of 8,094 feet (2,467 m). When it opened it had the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world, until 1919 when the Quebec Bridge in Canada was completed. It continues to be the world's second-longest single cantilever span, with a span of 1,709 feet (521 m).
The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of central Edinburgh. Completed in 1890, it is considered as a symbol of Scotland (having been voted Scotland's greatest man-made wonder in 2016), and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.