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In Braemar
Posted in Trips at 12:00 on 4 October 2025
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:-
Crathie
Posted in Bridges, Trips at 12:00 on 27 September 2025
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:-
Views in Ballater
Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 22 September 2025
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 Waterfall
Posted in Bridges, Trips at 12:00 on 5 July 2025
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:-
River Ericht at Blairgowrie
Posted in Trips at 12:00 on 1 July 2025
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
Posted in Bridges, Trips, War Memorials at 20:00 on 24 June 2025
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:-
The Hepworth Wakefield
Posted in Architecture, Art, Modern Architecture, Sculpture at 12:00 on 11 January 2025
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:-
River Avon and Weir, Bath
Posted in Architecture, Bridges, Trips at 20:30 on 16 October 2024
Bradford-on-Avon (ii) Bridge and River Avon
Posted in Architecture, Bridges, Trips at 12:00 on 10 October 2024









































