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Construite entre 1829 et 1834, Victoria Street est réalisée par l’architecte Thomas Hamilton dans le style flamand ancien avec des façades imposantes et des arches proéminentes. La rue remplace l’une des principales artères de la ville, la West Bow, une fente en forme de Z effroyablement raide, offrant un accès beaucoup plus facile du Grassmarket à Castlehill. Nommée Bow Street jusqu’en 1837, elle prendra son nom définitif en 1937 lors de l’accession au trône de la reine Victoria.
La vieille ville d’Edimbourg est remplie d’histoires et de mystères, ce quartier ne fait pas exception. Un homme surnommé le « magicien de l’arc ouest », le Major Weir qui habitait le quartier, fut exécuté pour sorcellerie en 1670. Rien d’étonnant en sachant que plus de 4 000 sorcières présumées ont été mises à mort dans cette ville ressource inépuisable pour tout auteur en quête d’inspiration. J.K. Rowling semble s’être inspirée dans ses romans de Victoria Street pour décrire le chemin de Traverse : cette ruelle un peu biscornue où Harry Potter et ses amis sorciers achètent les fournitures scolaires avant d’aller à Poudlard : Prends une bonne poignée de poudre de cheminette, parles bien fort et distinctement, et dis “chemin de Traverse” ! Avec ses vieux pavés, ses boutiques, ses bâtiments colorées et ses toitures pointues, cette vieille rue correspond en tous points à la description. Les Moldus quant à eux peuvent visiter un magasin jouant sur cette anecdote : le Diagon House (le chemin de Traverse se dit Diagon Alley dans la version originale). Fait amusant, il y avait, dans les années 1990 (année d’écriture du premier tome), une banque et une librairie/papeterie dans cette rue, à peu près situées au même endroit que la banque Gringotts et la boutique de Fleury et Boot dans le Chemin de Traverse. Aujourd’hui vous trouverez de nombreux cafés, des boutiques d’objets en tous genres et une des plus anciennes librairies de la ville.
Built between 1829 and 1834, Victoria Street was designed by architect Thomas Hamilton in the old Flemish style with imposing facades and prominent arches. The street replaces one of the city's main thoroughfares, the West Bow, a frighteningly steep Z-shaped cleft, providing much easier access from the Grassmarket to Castlehill. Named Bow Street until 1837, it took its final name in 1937 when Queen Victoria acceded to the throne.
Edinburgh's Old Town is full of stories and mysteries, this area is no exception. A man nicknamed the “Wizard of the West Arc,” Major Weir, who lived in the neighborhood, was executed for witchcraft in 1670. No wonder more than 4,000 suspected witches were put to death in this resort town inexhaustible for any author in search of inspiration. J.K. Rowling seems to have drawn inspiration from her Victoria Street novels to describe Diagon Alley: that slightly crooked alley where Harry Potter and his wizarding friends buy school supplies before going to Hogwarts: Take a good handful of powdered Floo, speak loud and clear, and say Diagon Alley! With its old cobblestones, its shops, its colorful buildings and its pointed roofs, this old street corresponds in every way to the description. Muggles can visit a store playing on this anecdote: the Diagon House (Diagon Alley is called Diagon Alley in the original version). Fun fact, there was, in the 1990s (the year the first volume was written), a bank and a bookshop/stationery on this street, roughly located in the same place as the Gringotts bank and the shop of Fleury and Boot in Diagon Alley. Today you will find many cafes, shops of all kinds and one of the oldest bookstores in the city.
A friendly Highland cow (Hairy Coo) enjoys a mid-day treat near the Scottish countryside. Their calm eyes and trademark fringe make them one of Scotland’s most beloved icons — and apparently, they never say no to a carrot.
Earth, water, air and light in harmonic connection with the Universe
Sincronía perfecta entre los elementos y el Universo
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Neist Point Lighthouse, source and attractor of light, no matter how cloudy and dark it appears sometimes
Isle of Skye, Scotland
First ScotRail's Class 158 158725 (57725 + 52725) having just made its crossing over the Forth Bridge & into North Queensferry station.
The familiar Cuillin Ridge in silhouette. Probably around thirty miles from this point but still spectacular.
Isle of skye
The Old Man of Storr is located on the north of Skye in the area known as 'Trotternish'. He looks a bit like an oversized menhir. He was formed following the erosion of The Storr, a peak on the Isle of Skye, because of an ancient landslide. In Scottish Gaelic, which is spoken in parts of Skye, it is known as ‘Bodach an Stòrr’.
The 50m-high rocky outcrop of crumbling basalt is prominent above the road 6 miles north of Portree and can be seen for miles around. It is also the highest point of the Trotternish Ridge. Legend has it that the Old Man of Storr gets its name because the rock outline and the protruding pinnacle resemble that of the face of an old man. “Storr” itself is Norse in origin and is thought to mean “Great Man”.
Yes, he definitely has a face! 😊
Found in this link some text that well describes this beautiful planetary location:
Source: www.andthenimetyoko.com/travel-blog/old-man-of-storr-walk
"What’s the story behind the 160 ft giant rock that sticks out of the ground? There is the scientific story, which is as simple as a long, long time ago, there was a landslide of epic proportions that left the pinnacle and the surrounding rocks standing in their beautiful formation.
But we want a better story than that right? Well, an old Norse legend tells the tale of a giant who lived right there, on Trotternish Ridge. When he passed away he was buried in that spot but the burial was a bit of a hack job and his thumb was left sticking out of the ground."
Picture post-processed in DXO PhotoLab.
Eas a' Bhradain Waterfall (Blackhill Waterfall), Skye
Another magical planetary location
This gorgeous cascade on Allt Coire nam Bruadaran lies just off the A87, the main route from the Skye Bridge at Kyleakin to Portree, and is easily seen from the road. The name 'Eas a' Bhradain' translates from the Gaelic as 'the waterfall of the salmon'.
For more info:
www.britainexpress.com/scotland/Skye/eas-a-bhradain-water...
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Next to Neist Point Lighthouse, a true manifestation of love/light from the Universe down to Earth and the Sea
A magical light reflection on water, a celestial dance of light...
Una danza celestial de luz
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Magical Fairy Pools on the Isle of Skye
The Fairy Pools (Scottish Gaelic: Glumagan nan Sithichean) are a natural waterfall phenomenon in Glen Brittle on the Isle of Skye. The Pools lie on Allt Coir a Mhadaidh, a tributary of the River Brittle. The river runs roughly north to south, down the centre of the glen, and is overlooked by the Black Cuillins to the east.
The habitat of the Fairy Pools hosts a variety of animals, such as red deer, rabbits, and sheep. The area is also host to a large number of birds. They may look peaceful today, but the Fairy Pools were sadly the site of a bloody clan battle between the MacDonalds of Sleat and the Macleods of Dunvegan in 1601. The feuding between the Macleods and MacDonalds prompted King James VI to intervene. He forced both clan leaders to release their captives and surrender to royal authority. Hopefully, this will never happen again, never.
For more info:
www.britainexpress.com/scotland/Skye/fairy-pools.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_Pools
About this picture: I really wanted to do a long-exposure, but it was so windy that day that I ended up shooting the photo as faster as possible, fortunately not too bad after all 😊.
The Old Man of Hoy, firmly standing as the real king of the North Sea, seen from the ferry on the Scrabster to Stromness route
The Old Man of Hoy is a 137-metre sea stack on Hoy, part of the Orkney archipelago off the north coast of Scotland. Formed from Old Red Sandstone, it is one of the tallest stacks in the United Kingdom. His story begins 400 million years ago when a massive freshwater lake, Lake Orcadie, covered the area from the south coast of the Moray Firth to Shetland in the north. Layers of sand were dumped onto volcanic rock at the bottom of the lake, building up like the rings of a great tree. Over time the lake disappeared, leaving a base of dark basalt lava and alternating layers of soft, sandy and pebbly sandstone and harder flagstones of Upper Old Red Sandstone. This gives the blocky, often overhung profile we see today. The Old Man started life as a slight kink in the coastline, which formed a headland that stuck out into the sea. The Blaeu map of 1600 and the McKenzie map of Hoy of 1750 both show the headland that was later to become the Old Man.
The Old Man stands close to Rackwick Bay on the west coast of Hoy, in Orkney, Scotland, and can be seen from the Scrabster to Stromness ferry. From certain angles it resembles a human figure.
For more info:
www.northlinkferries.co.uk/orkney-blog/the-geology-of-the...
Sligachan Bridge, Isle of Skye: Waters of Eternal Beauty
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Panorama built in Photoshop by merging a series of three overlapping photos.
The Isle of Skye has always been seen as a magical place. There are some great stories, some true, some legends that go with the landscape of the Isle of Skye.
Located where the Black Cuillin meets the western seaboard, the Sligachan Old Bridge has an impressive history on its own, but what makes this location so incredible is the old folk tale about the enchanted waters that run under the viaduct. Legend has it that if you wash your face in the River Sligachan you'll gain eternal beauty — and whether or not you believe in the story, it's well worth the trip to the Isle of Skye to experience the bridge's undeniable presence.
The Sligachan Old Bridge was built between 1810 and 1818 by engineer Thomas Telford. The bridge is for pedestrians and cyclists only following construction of a new road bridge parallel to it on the A87.
For more info:
www.explorest.com/places/scotland/isle-of-skye/sligachan-...
Statue of the writer Sir Walter Scott and his deerhound Maida, sculpted from Carrara marble by Sir John Steell and set on a platform of huge stone steps at the base of the Scott Monument, Princes Street, Edinburgh.
The Scott Monument is considered the largest memorial to a writer in the world, it was designed by George Meikle Kemp (1795 - 1844). Kemp was a surprising choice, for he was not an architect but a carpenter. Yet his neo-Gothic design beat out competition from established architects and was selected by a panel of judges. Tragically, Kemp drowned in the Union Canal before the Scott Monument was finished. The Monument was begun on 15 August 1840 and officially opened exactly 8 years later. The structure was built just as the new science of photography was being invented, and some of the earliest known photographs ever taken show the Monument being built.
For more info, see: www.britainexpress.com/scotland/Lothian/properties/scott-...
Edinburgh Castle, stronghold that was once the residence of Scottish monarchs and now serves mostly as a museum. It stands 443 feet (135 metres) above sea level and overlooks the city of Edinburgh from a volcanic crag called Castle Rock. It has been part of Old and New Towns of Edinburgh, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1995. Edinburgh Castle is the traditional repository of the Honours of Scotland, the country’s crown jewels.
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Another view of the Old Man of Hoy firmly standing as the real and most handsome king of the North Sea, seen from Rackwick.
The Old Man of Hoy likely got his name because of his previous formation, where it appeared that the stack had two legs supporting a wider body. However, from several angles the tall sea stack still looks like a man, gazing out to the ocean away from Hoy.
For more info: www.migratingmiss.com/how-to-visit-the-old-man-of-hoy-oth...