Monday 1 February 2010

Ariel photos of berwick law, the Bridges, and canal

Having had a closer look at the photos Go Jo took while up in the sky with Biggles and co, I found these which are interesting.
There is the shot of Edinburgh showing the castle in the background, but more interestingly is the canal basin in the foreground , the end of the Union canal which ran right into the middle of the town . It was a busy place the harbour at Fountainbridge with horse drawn and powered barges bringing coal and other supplies into the city. About seven years ago the remains of a large barge was found well preserved under the water and the mud in the basin and the local archaeologists dug it out and worked on it , very quickly, as it was delaying the restoration of the canal, which was undertaken as part of the Millennium Project.

Next we have a nice shot of the approaches from the south to the two bridges (road and rail) at South Queensferry,
Finally, further east along the coast there is Berwick Law casting its winter shadow over North Berwick, and in the distance the world renowned bird sanctuary at the Bass Rock, now only accessible to recognised groups and individuals, but tourists are able to go round the Rock by boat. The bird sanctuary is monitored by CCTV, and has its own web cams.




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