Previously I have posted about the (relatively) new V&A building in Dundee here and, in the background, here.

V&A logo by entrance:-

Exterior curve:-

View to Tay Bridge through “tunnel”:-

Apparently the wind can sweep through the tunnel quite severely. View to city through tunnel:-

Overhanging River Tay:-

Exterior planting:-

Interior:-

View of Tay Bridge through slit window:-

I have featured Bakewell, Derbyshire before here and here. We passed through it again in September 2018, had a nice walk around and along the River Wye plus a good lunch in one of the cafés.

One footbridge and weir over River Wye:-

A second footbridge:-

Weir and old bridge:-

Old bridge:-

Fish and Duck:-

Fish (trout?):-

The good lady is a keen gardener and when she heard that the Japanese Garden, at Cowden, Clackmannanshire was reopening after being a long time overgrown, we had to visit. The garden was first opened in 1908, but was closed to the public in 1955 and left to go to ruin. Thankfully the recent restoration is returning the garden to its former glory.

Japanese gardens are very elegant. Despite the refurbishment still going on Cowden certainly is. There is an air of peace and harmony about the place. Japanese bridges are especially elegant. The first bridge below is by the path near the garden’s entrance. The second spans the garden’s large pond:-

Pagoda and bridge:-

Zen garden:-

Bench:-

The burn which feeds the pond:-

Path to bridge:-

Stones and ornament with bridge in background:-

Threave Garden lies just to the west of Castle Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway and are in the care of the National Trust for Scotland.

The gardens are lovely, well worth a visit.

Pond and Japanese bridge:-

Japanese bridge (Threave House behind):-

Japanese Bridge from approaches:-

Cascade:-

I took a video of the cascade to get the full efefct:-

Threave House. I believe this is used as administration offices, now:-

Fuller view:-

Inverbervie, in Aberdeenshire, has two bridges spanning the River Bervie.

New bridge and old bridge. Old bridge to right and below:-

New bridge from start of old bridge:-

Panorama of new bridge from old bridge. The stitch doesn’t quite show the bridge’s bend:-

Old bridge from road. New bridge behind to left:-

Old bridge from new bridge:-

The Kessock Bridge carries the A9 over the Beauly Firth at Inverness.

I took the photos when we were up north in April last year. They were maybe taken from too close as the cable stay towers, if not the cables themselves, show up better on the photo in the link.

From east:-

From west. Slight distortion to photo as it’s a stitch of two:-

From Havnegade.

A Bridge:-

Another Bridge. (The Standard Restaurant is to left here):-

Old Warehouse:-

There is a lovely bridge over the river Avon at Evesham, called the Workman Bridge after the mayor under whose auspices it was built.

Workman Bridge from banks of River Avon:-

Roadway, Workman Bridge, looking towards Evesham centre. Belltower of Evesham Abbey to left:-

Weir Seen from Workman Bridge:-

I meant to put this photo of a war dead dedication in St Lawrence’s Church, Evesham, in my previous post. 2nd Lt Ernest Geoffrey Crisp, 15th Battalion Warwickshire Regiment, killed in action in France 16/12/1915, aged 24:-

North span:-

Middle and south spans:-

From below; taken from deck of SS Black Watch:-

North Span from east. (Part of Forth Road Bridge and of Queensferry Crossing to left):-

From River Forth. Part of Forth Bridge to left:-

Forth Road Bridge from below:_