While walking through Braemar after visiting the showground I spotted this (kit-built?) car:-

The bridge in the photo immediately above is over the Clunie Water. Videos below:-

The village of Crathie lies just by Balmoral Estate which is separated from Crathie car park by a bridge over the River Dee designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. I couldn’t get to a vantage point to photograph the bridge itself but it has fine views of the River Dee.

Looking west:-

Looking east:-

Crathie Kirk – which is where the royal family attend church when at Balmoral:-

Church door:-

Stone by Crathie Kirk’s Door. Preserved from a former Church at Crathie:-

Side of kirk:-

Bridge Street, Ballater, showing War Memorial:-

Ballater, Bridge Street looking towards bridge. The shop on the corner sold very good ice cream:-

Unfortunately I didn’t get to a vantage point to see the bridge itself but I was able to photograph the River Dee from the bridge. Looking east:-

Opposite view, looking west:-

Arbirlot is a village in Angus, about two miles west of Arbroath. We stopped there on a trip north as we had read about the scenic waterfall on the burn there, the Elliot Water:-

The waterfall lies just below the road bridge over the burn:-

We weren’t the only ones there. A couple of people had picked their way across the burn and a family was having a good time by the waterside:-

I made two videos of the waterfall:-

From Alyth we started driving back south homewards. The route took us through Blairgowrie which is so adjoined with the neigbouring Rattray they go under the one banner.

The River Ericht runs through the two towns and seems to be the border between them according to the caption on the photo here.

The north side of the river has a weir:-

Looking south from the bridge:-

There seems too to be a fish ladder under the bridge:-

Alyth is a town in Perth and Kinross which we went on to visit after we had left Meigle.

It’s a lovely wee place with a burn running through the town centre with several bridges over it, of which the one in this photo is the most scenic:-

I found two minor Art Deco buildings.

The Scotmid Coop:-

And this one, a hair salon:-

Right by the town square is a Boer War Memorial:-

Its dedication plaque commemorates three individuals. David Stanley Williams, ninth Earl of Airlie, Noel Neils Ramsay and Charles James Wedderburn Ogilvy:-

We had an overnight stop at Wakefield on the way back up from Bath so that we could go to The Hepworth Wakefield. It was built in commemoration of artist/sculptor Barbara Hepworth who was born in the town. As well as many of her works it now houses the municipal art collection started in 1923.

The building stands by the River Calder and was designed by British architect David Chipperfield.

From over River Calder:-

From walkway over the river:-

Entrance and rear:-

I took a video of the weir from the main road bridge:-

Just below Old Pulteney Bridge in Bath there is a weir in the shape of a part-ellipse:-

Weir from above, Old Pulteney Bridge to left:-

Video of weir:-

Bridge over the River Avon at Bradford-on-Avon:-

The peculiarly shaped building to the left was once the town’s lockup, where prisoners were kept overnight (presumably till they sobered up.)

Bridge, reverse view:-

Reflections:-

Rivert Avon:-

Blackness Castle sticks out into the River Forth a few miles west of the Forth Bridges. (See photograph in the link.) Because of its situation and prominence it is sometimes known as ‘the ship that never sailed’. It has had several uses over the years since it was built in the 1440s including as an ammunition store. As with most Scottish castles it has featured in the TV series Outlander.

Infiormation board:-

From approach road:-

Closer view and modern entrance:-

Side view and old entrance:-

Old entrance: now blocked off. The notice warns you not to climb on it:-

As you can see in the photo in the link a pier pokes from the castlefurther out into the river.

Castle from pier. (Stitch of two photos.):-

Pier, part of Castle and Blackness village beyond:-

View west from pier:-

View east: three bridges across the Forth:-

Close-up:-