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akk ([personal profile] akk) wrote2010-08-01 10:12 am

Impressions of Stirling pt. 2

(eclectic selection - 19 photographs)




^ Detail of Stirling's city wall where it merges with the rock of castle hill



^ View from the old bridge of Stirling over the river Forth (wide river bit)



^ ...if you wondered why the bridge over the Forth was that important in history (note the little dancing eddies like holes into the depth - they are *not* fixed in place!)



^ View across the Forth where it's narrow (the rampant cow is on the other side!)



^ The last remaining tower of Cambuskenneth Abbey (the rest was recycled for houses of the aristocracy during the reformation). Note the most left stone face: Apparently, Caspar, the friendly ghost (or Tweety) has a clergy past! ;)



^ You probably have to be a grain pollen allergic to see the drama in this picture...



^ ...and in this one.





^ Looking up to Abbeys Craig (the sister rock of Castle Hill)...



^ ...and the National Wallace Monument (much closer than from my B&B window), which I visited and didn't photograph, because the green stuff outside was so much more fascinating...



^ What can I say? I ♥ dramatic trees!



^ No, really!



^ Trinity thistle



^ Looking down from Abbeys Craig onto the river Forth and Stirling. You saw what's right under the edge in one of the photos above.



^ Beautiful & poisonous.



^ Camaraderie trees.



^ Oh, the tree drama!



^ Waiting for dark gnomes...



^ ...and down again (along one of the not-steep paths)
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[personal profile] primera 2010-08-02 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Love the photos, especially since I love trees! Those faces on the abbey tower are so creepy and cool.