A while ago Dad let us have a look at some family treasures including a letter from my Grandfather to my Grandmother about what a great time he was having on shore leave in Scotland. He seemed enamoured with the Forth Bridge and so rather than stock up on tweed and whiskey in Old Town Edinburgh, Scott and I set out to visit the Bridge.
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| Scott taking a better picture than this one |
The weather forecast was that this would be "the worst day of the week" but it's the only day we have! When it got a bit cold/wet we went for a cup of tea at The Albert Hotel. We watched the bridge out the window. They also had drawings, paintings and photographs of the bridge in frames all around the bar.
This helpful panel was not as weathered as some of the other ones. It had stories about the Queens of Scotland who set up and used the ferry system afterwhich North Queensferry is named. They say since the dark ages pilgrims used the site to cross the Firth of Forth and make trips to St Andrews from Edinburgh.
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| Ferry device and Forth Road bridge |
The bridges - Forth rail and Forth road eventually replaced the ferry service. Apparently there's going to be another one too!
We had great lunch at The Wee Restaurant. We saw the name of it on it's roof from the train when we were coming across the Bridge. I thought that was funny, but all those colourful stickers on the door are for excellence awards and Michelin listings! It was only sixteen pounds for two courses so after getting cold walking around a while we had surprise silver star mega-lunch.
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| North Queensferry train station mural 1990: 100 years of Forth Bridge dreaming |
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