The spa town of Buxton has a lot of fine classical architecture, not the least of which is the spa itself.

Close-up on bit to left. The writing on the building says Natural Mineral Bath:-

This is the view from the War Memorial:-

And from the town, showing aspects of the spa building to the right of the previous photos:-

Buxton also sports a fine Opera House:-

I read that this building, now part of Buxton and Leek College, had the largest dome in the world at the time it was built:-

River and bridge in Buxton Park:-

Miniature Railway in Buxton Park:-

Good wrought iron work on this bridge over the Carron Water, near the Carron Restaurant:-

On the way up to Inverness with the good lady’s blogfriend Peggy we stopped off at Glenfinnan to view Loch Shiel, the Glenfinnan Monument and the railway viaduct.

Loch Shiel from near the monument:-

Loch Shiel from viewpoint. The monument is at the centre of the photo:-

Glenfinnan Viaduct from viewpoint (about 180 degrees from above photo):-

Glenfinnan Viaduct close-up:-

Telford’s Bridge (see previous post) spans the falls of the River Moriston at Invermoriston village.

The falls from the side of Thomas Telford’s Bridge:-

From the bridge itself:-

Upper falls of River Moriston from Thomas Telford’s bridge:-

Looking to the “new” bridge, which was built in the 1930s:-

Arch of “new” bridge at Invermoriston. I don’t know what the structure that can be seen through the arch and is perched above the river is:-

Invermoriston lies near Loch Ness, in the Highlands, 7 miles from the loch’s foot at Fort Augustus.

Apart from some Highland cows in a field by the car park and its War Memorial (which I featured here) its most interesting feature is the bridge built by engineer Thomas Telford in 1813.

The bridge was superseded by a new one in the 1930s and its approaches are now in considerable disrepair:-

This is taken from off to the right of the one above:-

Viewing it from down on the river from the other side of the bridge reveals its two arches:-

We were along the Fife coast a fortnight or so ago; at Limekilns where there is a good view of Rosyth Dockyard and the Forth Bridges.

Currently fitting out at the dockyard is the new Royal Navy aircraft carrier – the one there won’t be any planes for once it is completed. Both bridges are in the background.

The first is engineering rather than architecture. The Clyde Arc – immediately dubbed by local wags the Squinty Bridge as it crosses the River Clyde on a diagonal. Also in the photo is the Finnieston crane – all that remains of the shipyards that once lined the River Clyde here.

Right next to the Glasgow Science Centre (see previous posts) on the south bank of the Clyde is the new BBC Scotland building. It looks externally like a giant shoe box. Internally it’s more interesting as anyone who’s seen television interviews given inside will know.

The entrance is on the west side and is adorned with BBC Alba as well as BBC Scotland. There is a largeish scuptural thingy here too on the right of the photo. (Squinty Bridge in background on left.)

This is how the BBC building looks from the north bank of the Clyde.

Just a touch along the south bank towards the Squinty Bridge lies the premises of STV (Scottish Television) part of the Independent Television network, ITV. This shows the STV logo at the access road (and the Finnieston Crane.)

This is a closer view of the STV building. Another shoe box, though smaller than the BBC Scotland one. The round building to the right was I believe once an entrance to a pedestrian tunnel under the Clyde. (There is a similar rotunda building where it debouched on the north bank which now houses four restaurants.)

Between the War Memorial and the Art Deco hairdresser’s in Biggar, Lanarkshire (posts passim) there runs a burn.* Over it lies a nice arched bridge.

And this is the reverse view:-

*For those who may not be familiar with the word, burn is Scots for stream.

At Kelso there is a fine bridge over the River Tweed.

From its parapet you get a view of Floors Castle in the distance. (You might have to zoom in on the photo though.)

No town feels complete unless it has a river.

In Musselburgh the River Esk runs through the town. I spotted three bridges there.

This first one carries the main road over the River Esk. The photo was taken from a point just down a few steps from the War Memorial.

This is a view of the other side of the same bridge. Nice arched spans.

Looking upstream from near the bridge in the above photo you can see a second bridge. This looks to be of older vintage. The near bank had nice planting.

(The third bridge was downstream of these two and very flat and boring, possibly a pedestrian bridge.)