Hi Everyone
This is a collection of shots taken at the weekend while walking the Edinburgh shoreline along the Forth estuary.
This shot shows Crammond Island at hightide. There are 2 safe crossing times each day .I missed it this time and didn't manage to get to the island. This shot was taken around 12 o clock in the afternoon, the next low tide crossing time was at 6pm. I will try and get onto the island to take some photographs this weekend.
The island was used as a guard post during world war 2.
These concrete "dragons teeth" were used to stop boats sailing up the estuary and targeting the rail bridge.
This is a shot of the Crammond Fish sculpture with the island in the background. It took the local artist Ronald Rae 20 years to carve this sculpture.
A beautiful pine tree in the Silverknowes area of the shoreline.
Some information about the area.
I am eager to check out this castle soon and its garden that has a nod to Japan.
The shoreline has quite a few of these plaque's on a rubbing trail.
As we head towards South Queensferry we start getting some good shots of the Forth Rail Bridge.
Under the bridge is another World War 2 guard post.
A Raven by a rock pool.
An oyster catcher on the roof of the Honey Pot café.
These shots show some Jet skiers roaring around on the estuary.
This lovely little garden offers some great shots with the rail bridge in the background.
I tried to be creative and get a shot with the bridge reflecting in the window.
I love this shot with the iron gate ,beautiful pink flowers and the bridge in the background.
A window garden with a face...
The streets of South Queensferry with cobblestoned roads.
Every where you go in this town you find great compositions of the Rail bridge.
This bridge is the Queesferry crossing which was opened in 2017.It took 6 years and £1.35 billion to complete.
A good shot of the Jet skiers with the Queensferry bridge in the distance.
The sign of the Ferry Tap in with the Tolbooth clock tower in the background
This old toolbooth was built in 1630 .The Jubilee clock was added in 1887 to commemorate the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria.
The Toolbooth was a court and prison and in December 1643, seven women were incarcerated and tried for witchcraft here.
Just outside of the towns main street we find this Loch Ness monster themed mosaic.
Heading in to the towns walled community garden...
We find this very impressive mosaic.
This mosaic has been made entirely from items found on the nearby shoreline. It took 100 people 10 years to finish and was added to the garden in 2019.
This section shows queen Margaret who put a ferry service in place on the estuary in the 11th centaury, this is where Queensferry gets its name.
This section shows a local church which is the oldest building in the area dating back to 1450.
I tried to get creative here and get a composition with some interesting reflections in the glass. Here we see a chimney of a house across the street and an old man sitting on a bench.
The mosaic is impressive, I love this spiral of glass beads.
There are smaller mosaics all around the town
This lane leads down to the harbour.
Chilling out down by the harbour eating some chips.
This little rabbit popped out of the bushes while I was eating my chips. I managed to get a couple of good shots and some footage.
These last shots are of sea shells and sea glass I collected on the beach and decorated using Inktense pencils and super glue.
