Our next port of call was to South Queensferry, Scotland witch is the port for Edinburgh.
Our excursion was "Edinburgh Highlights and Castle"
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| Sailing into the Firth of Forth |
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| A field of yellow flowering rapeseed |
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| There are 3 bridges crossing the Firth of Forth, Their construction dates span 3 centuries., The red one is the cantilever Forth Bridge which is now railway trains only was built in 1890 and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The middle one is the Forth Road Bridge opened in 1964 is used for buses only and the 3rd one is the Queensferry Crossing bridge opened in 2017. |
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| The port provided several larger tenders ane we used several of the ships tenders |
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| The tender dock is under the red bridge. |
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| Our tender sailing under the red bridge. |
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| Things we saw an the bus ride to the Castlke |
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| The Black Watch Memorial |
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| Thew Scott Monument (Sir Walter Scott) |
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| The Royal Mile connects the Edinburgh Castel and Hollyrud Palace |
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| The Scottish Crown Jewels stored in the Crown Room of this building |
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| The Great Hall |
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| GreyfriarsBobby Statue |
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| Good luck if ytou run his nose |
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| Tide was out when we got back |
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