The Bridge
Today I walked on water. Sorry. I mean I walked over water.
A couple of weeks ago, I sat on a train as it crossed the Forth Bridge, and I thought it might be interesting to walk across the Forth Road Bridge. Mostly to get some novel views of the rail bridge. I have been over the bridge many, many times, but never walked it.
Surprisingly given that climbing mountains is a hobby and I spent much of my student years up ladders in theatres, I'm not great with heights. The Forth Road Bridge is high above the water. And it shakes. It shakes a lot, as lorries and buses pass by. It is pretty stable at the two pylons (where people have strangely been putting padlocks expressing their undying love - but uniform, engraved, standard padlocks; clearly someone is performing a service, having them engraved and put on the bridge - probably the bridge authority), but in between the footpath, a separate structure but attached to the roadway, moves up and down. A lot. It was good to get back on solid land. Walking from south to north, I really didn't want to walk back again, though I had to. At the end, my legs were shaking.
But the views of the Forth Bridge were excellent. There'll be lots of photos to follow, and I want to go back under different light and weather conditions.
A couple of weeks ago, I sat on a train as it crossed the Forth Bridge, and I thought it might be interesting to walk across the Forth Road Bridge. Mostly to get some novel views of the rail bridge. I have been over the bridge many, many times, but never walked it.
Surprisingly given that climbing mountains is a hobby and I spent much of my student years up ladders in theatres, I'm not great with heights. The Forth Road Bridge is high above the water. And it shakes. It shakes a lot, as lorries and buses pass by. It is pretty stable at the two pylons (where people have strangely been putting padlocks expressing their undying love - but uniform, engraved, standard padlocks; clearly someone is performing a service, having them engraved and put on the bridge - probably the bridge authority), but in between the footpath, a separate structure but attached to the roadway, moves up and down. A lot. It was good to get back on solid land. Walking from south to north, I really didn't want to walk back again, though I had to. At the end, my legs were shaking.
But the views of the Forth Bridge were excellent. There'll be lots of photos to follow, and I want to go back under different light and weather conditions.
