Glasgow and other Scotland pics
Another view of Central Station where I arrived to find my train home cancelled, yet again.
The Kelpies – 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies (shape-shifting water spirits), standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near River Carron, in The Helix, a new parkland project built to connect 16 communities in the Falkirk Council Area, Scotland. The sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and were completed in October 2013. This is just a shot taken from the car as we sped past.
View from the motorway
First trip over the Queensferry Crossing (formerly the Forth Replacement Crossing). It was built alongside the existing Forth Road Bridge and carries the M90 motorway across the Firth of Forth between Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, and Fife, at North Queensferry. It opened September 2017.
Approaching the Queensferry Crossing after a trip to Dunfermline
Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline, with a view up into the town. The park is enormous and very impressive, and the town attractive but suffering from closed-shop syndrome a little.
Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline. Rescued steam locomotive from the Fife Coal Company.
Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline – a network of paths takes you down a ravine of sorts and under this double bridge. An interesting spot.
Dunfermline Carnegie Library, Museum and Art Gallery. Opened in 2017.
View from the cafe of the museum at the Carnegie Library in Dunfermline
Carnegie Library, Museum and Art Gallery, Dunfermline
Carnegie Library Museum. Simplistic recreation of the Tod three wheeler of 1897, the only car built in Dunfermline.
St Margaret's Cave, Dunfermline. The unasuming little building in the town's car park gives you no clue to the deep tunnel below it that leads down many levels to an ancient shrine. Photography not allowed in here so don't look at this photo!
St Margaret's Cave, Dunfermline
Ashton Lane, Glasgow – a cobbled backstreet in the West End noted for its bars, restaurants (including the famous Ubiquitous Chip) and the cinema where I saw 'My Left Foot' many years ago.
Spitfire at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum