Forth Bridge Cruise – Bus and Boat Tour
With our final day we took a tour out of the city, first with a 40 minute bus ride to the Forth Bridge, stopping at Hawes Pier in order to get onboard the Forth Belle Boat. The boat took us under both the Forth railway and forth road bridge, then back around and over to Incholm Island for views of the wildlife.
View from the port:
The Forth Belle boat:
Forth Bridge: is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth Firth in the east of Scotland, to the east of the Forth Road Bridge, and 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of central Edinburgh.
It was opened on 4 March 1890. It is often called the Forth Rail Bridge or Forth Railway Bridge to distinguish it from the Forth Road Bridge although it has been called the "Forth Bridge" since its construction and had for over seventy years the sole claim to this name.
The Forth road bridge:
The bridge connects Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh, with Fife, leaving the Lothian’s at Dalmeny and arriving in Fife at Noth Queensferry; it acts as a major artery connecting the north-east and south-east of the country.
Described in the Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland as "the one immediately and internationally recognised Scottish landmark", it may be nominated by the British government to be added to the UNESCO world heritage sites.
Until 1917, when the Quebec Bridge Quebec was completed, it had the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world. The Forth Bridge has the second longest single span.
All on board:
The capital in the distance:
Lichcolm Island: contains a abbey – one of the best persevered in Scotland, and is a haven for wildlife due to the lack of permanent residence by humans
Puffins having a fish around:
Sunbathing seals:
Biggest Ice-cream Dan could find :)
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