Lovely sunset walk along the seafront at South Queensferry

Shock horror, I just managed to persuade our teenage daughter to come out on a short evening walk with us ! We took a 20min drive to the town of South Queensferry, which is just under the Forth Rail Bridge, and went for a nice walk along the seafront.

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It was a stunner of a night, with the sun shinning beautifully behind the road bridges and casting lovely long shadows across the town.

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There are 3 major bridges here - one for rail (above) and 2 for road traffic (first pic). They connect Edinburgh and the Lothian regions in Scotland, to Fife, another region of Scotland. They are separated by a sea inlet call the Firth of Forth (so its the North Sea you can see in the pictures).

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The rail bridge is very iconic, and was looking pretty lovely in the evening sun against a back drop of a blue sea and skies.

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The bridges are really huge and totally dominate the town - but not in a bad way. In the pic above you can see the rail bridge towering above the buildings in the town.

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We took a nice walk along the seafront towards the centre of the town - just taking in the sights and enjoying the sunshine - it really was lovely.

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We passed this lovely old post box on the way. Its marked with a VR on the front, so it dates from the reign of Queen Victoria. She died in 1901, so that makes it atleast 122 years, and its still being used daily !

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A little further along the seafront is this mosaic clad loch ness monster ! We are pretty far from Loch Ness (its about a 3 hour drive away from here) so I'm not quite sure why its here - but its cool !

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The town is fairly old with the black house above dating from the 17th century - the top window on the left has the date above it - at something like 1676, but it didnt come out clear enough in the photo.

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Heres another pic on the high street, and you can see the bridge clearly in the gaps between the buildings !

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I'm glad we managed to make it out - it was a lovely wee walk for us all.

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On the way back to the bridge we saw a number of emergency vehicles going along the road, and some with signs in the window saying they were lifeboat crew.

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Its not that easy to see, but thats the lifeboat there at the end of the jetty. This is a small orange rib. It may not seem like much, but these ribs are very fast so can get to a problem area quite fast. There are a number of other lifeboat stations along this stretch of water, with boats of varying sizes, and they will launch the one most appropriate for the call out.

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Well we really did enjoy our evening walk in the sunshine - it was great to get out of the house for some fresh air. I hope you are all having a great weekend too !

All the best from Scotland !

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Great activity my friend and some wonderful pictures have an amazing weekend😉
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You're a master of amazing walks @hoosie! What a beautiful place to visit, and the timing was excellent for the lighting! And you even got your daughter to go! Crazy! Thanks much for sharing! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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Many thanks - its was a good time - fairly quiet too, as it can be crowded there !
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Shock horror, I just managed to persuade our teenage daughter to come out on a short evening walk with us !

That's one of the achievements for today I guess :)

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I just managed to persuade our teenage daughter to come out on a short evening walk with us

Very nice sites and I bet your daughter enjoyed it too.

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Aye, it was a lovely evening walk - nice to get out as a family !
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This was indeed a great evening walk. Lovely 🌹 pictures shared too.

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What an iconic post box. And the picture of the sunshine above the bridge looks awesome. A nice evening walk, thanks for sharing.

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Many thanks - and yes, the post box is lovely - Victorian design, they made everything look beautiful !
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That's good to know. Thanks once again for sharing it with us

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