Photos and the City

Category: Travel

  • St Andrews

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    It was my last day in Cellardyke and I started it with a little drive to St Andrews to explore the charming University town a little bit. And finally, buy me a wee bit of tartan.

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    The University of St Andrews is the third oldest university in the English-speaking world, the oldest one in Scotland and one of the best in the United Kingdom. It´s the one fit for future kings…

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    St Andrews Cathedral

    The former Roman Catholic Cathedral was built in in 1158 and became the centre of the Medieval Catholic Church in Scotland. After the Scottish Reformation in the 16th century, it was disused and fell into ruin.

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    The square tower remained from the even older church of St. Regulus, a Romanesque style church built in the 11th century to house the relics of St Andrew.

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    St Andrew harbour

    From the cathedral, I went down to the shore and the harbour.

    The history of St Andrews Harbour is one that spans the centuries and is inseparably linked with the life of the coastal town it serves; indeed at one time the very life-blood of it. No doubt the Harbour’s footings are to be found in nothing more than the unimproved shores of the Kinness Burn, around which the early inhabitants of the town, then still known as Kilrymont, would go about their simple lives of fishing and farming. (St Andrews Harbour trust)

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    View of St Andrews Castle from the harbour.

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    St Andrews Castle

    St Andrews castle was a fortress, a bishop´s palace and state prison, now it´s mostly in ruins.

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    View from the castle towards the cathedral.

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  • Perth

    I crossed that bridge again, said goodbye to Queensferry and drove further north to Perth to meet with Katie, who always wanted to have a portrait photoshoot in her hometown and also had promised to show me around a little bit.

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    Perth is also known as “The Fair City”  since the publication of the story Fair Maid of Perth by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott in 1828. It was once a “capital” of Scotland because of the many visits of the royal court. The status of “Royal Burgh” was given in the early 12th century. Today Perth is a city of trade of the surrounding areas.

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    Strolling around colourfull streets with shops, elegant Georgian townhouses and cobbled streets, trough stunning gardens and along the River Tay.

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  • Queensferry

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    I don´t really mind singe lane tracks, narrow roads, curvy bends and such but driving this 2,7 km over the New Forth Bridge (the white one on the left) from South Queensferry to the other side of Fife North Queensferry made me hold my breath every time! But it´s a stunning backdrop for portraits and for beautiful pictures I drive almost everywhere! So I left my lovely village of Cellardyke and drove to South Queensferry (also just called “The Ferry) to meet Barbora for her portrait session.

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    Queensferry, the North and the South, got their name from the ferry service established by Queen Margaret in the 11th century, which continued to operate at the town until 1964. The city lies west of Edinburgh on shores of the Firth of Forth. The same Queen Margaret who founded the Dunfermline Abbey.

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    The Forth Bridge is a railway bridge, was opened in 1890, is considered to be a symbol of Scotland and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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    Laying (in the sunshine) under the Forth bridge is Inchgarvie, a small uninhabited island which used to be the main road for the crossing by boats of the Firth of Forth. A fort was built in the 15th century, became a castle later and then a prison.

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    (South) Queensferry is a lovely little village which has been an important trading and fishing port.

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    And offers many spots to admire the bridges.

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    The Queensferry Crossing, the one where I had to hold my breath while driving over it, was opened in 2017 and sits next to the Forth Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge (opened in 1964).

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