Tag: rivers
Collapsed Spey Viaduct
As reported in The Herald, 27 January 2026. The Spey Viaduct: The present seemed vulnerable to the past: To play this short film please click here. Credits: Piano Theme by … Continue reading Collapsed Spey Viaduct
Falls of Orchy
This unidentified and undated photograph is from the Trove archive. From the Tower of Glenstrae, Lochawe, my Granny used to take me in her mustard coloured Morris Traveller for picnics … Continue reading Falls of Orchy
Garva bridge
The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 3 August 1934: This was filmed at Garva bridge in November 2021: Transitional objects [Garva bridge]:
The Spey Viaduct
The Spey Viaduct, an iron girder railway bridge near Garmouth. Construction began in 1882. This week, on the 14th of December 2025, a section of the Spey Viaduct collapsed. I … Continue reading The Spey Viaduct
On a bend of the river Oykel
AITEANDORUIS On a bend of the river Oykel, with the best view of the Kyle of Sutherland! You stood on the high watermark of ‘ordinary’ Spring tides. Aiteandoruis – ‘the … Continue reading On a bend of the river Oykel
Take me to the river
mid-thought mid-dash. No need to find a crossing As my love for you needs neither ford nor bridge. Take me to the river, mid-thought mid-dash.
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A few days ago I crossed the Union Chain Bridge that spans the river Tweed. The ironwork is Welsh. Music credit: Wouldn’t it be good – GeorgiaRose cover of a … Continue reading link