Back to our October 2016 cruise and I woke up in the dark, realising that our ship Black Watch must have entered the Firth of Forth because there was almost no movement at all and very little engine noise.
I shot out of bed and luckily managed to locate the camera in the dark, Jack was still out for the count. The two photos above are of the Forth Bridge which is for trains only. It’s the one on my header.
I was just in time to take these photos of the bridges as we went under them, I took lots but most of them didn’t come out.
These ones are quite atmospheric though, certainly if you know what you’re looking at anyway.
The new road bridge is still under construction, but it’s not far off being finished.
If you want to see more photos under construction have a look here.
What a lovely homecoming! I’ve enjoyed cruising along with you and Jack, Katrina. Do you have any holiday plans for this year?
Sandra,
We’ve just booked up a week in Orkney in June but before that we’ll be in Belgium and Holland visiting family – it’s a hard life this retirement lark!
I think it looks quite spooky, like an alien landing site!
Joan,
I suppose it is quite spooky looking!
Very atmospheric! I agree with Joan?
Peggy,
It was even more atmospheric gliding past it all!
the last photo is really pretty with the wires all lit up like that.
Stefanie,
It is a very elegant looking bridge, I’m looking forward to going over it when it opens later this year.
Very evocative photos: I’m sure they’ll reinforce for you some special memories of time and place, sight and sound, and smell of mist, salt air and ship.
Valerie,
They will, although nowadays we never seem to bother printing any photos out so we just look at them on a screen.
The last picture is especially great – that’s cool that you were able to snap some pictures on short notice!
Christy,
It was a bit of a miracle that I managed to find the camera in the dark!