The Forth Bridge

The first of three bridges across the firth of Forth (firth = estuary, Forth = this river’s name) was built in the 1880’s and there is an expression in the UK, a task can be described: ‘like painting the Forth Bridge’, meaning: as soon as you’ve finished, it’s time to start all over again. It is a UNESCO world site and considered an iconic Scottish image.
This was our view as our ship headed out to sea – the red metal one farthest away was the original, the grey was built in 1964, and the bright white one in the foreground was completed in 2017.

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