Truckfest Scotland 2022
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My first trip to Truckfest Scotland in nearly 20 years and still one of the best events on the calendar. We spent so much time wandering the display that we never really made it to the centre ring.
Festival of The Unexceptional 2022
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My first visit to Grimsthorpe Castle for Hagerty's Festival of The Unexceptional and what an excellent show it was.
Concours de l’Ordinaire was won by a lovely MK3 Vauxhall Astra Merit from...
National Museum of Scotland
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Various visits to exhibits at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
Lego
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Various kits and models made using little plastic bricks from Denmark.
Build the Routemaster
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This will catalogue my attempt at constructing one of the ridiculous 1/12th scale Hachette AEC Routemasters.
I've been really enjoying it!
Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust Open Weeklend 2018
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As is customary I only attended on the Sunday which turned out to be the best day by far in terms of weather! An enjoyable event as in previous years with a good mix of resident and visiting buses.
Shitefest 2018
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The highlight of the old car year, Shitefest 2018 was in rural Aberdeenshire which made a change for the Scotoshite faithful who usually have to travel hundreds of miles. Another cracking event, my...
Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Open Weekend 2017
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This year's open weekend was attended with the very kind assistance of fellow Flickrites CMS206 and DaveFowler2000 who brought a brace of Olympians from Barrhead to the event. David had his own...
Stagecoach Dunfermline Depot Open Day
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To celebrate 100 years, Stagecoach Fife opened their Dunfermline depot to the general public with attendance by some preserved ex Fife and Alexanders buses as well as activities aimed at families....
Mackie's of Alloa
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Established in 1949, Mackie's of Alloa is one of Scotland's best known independent operators and also runs some stage services in Clackmannanshire.
Shitefest 2017
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This was my third Autoshite annual gathering, having missed the previous year due to being in the opposite end of the country. 2017 was held at the Bubble Car Museum in Lincolnshire and started with...
Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Running Day 2017
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I hadn't intended to go this year but an offer of a lift from fellow Flickrite CMS206 in Swift's Volvo B10M was too good to pass up.
Irish Transport Heritage 45th Annual Bus and...
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My second year at this event was courtesy of Swift Coaches and their rather lovely ex Ulsterbus Leyland Tiger J930 UNC. As this rally marked the 50th anniversary of the formation of Ulsterbus it was...
Autoshite at Cannock
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Autoshite has a fairly regular meet up at the Cannock car auctions which Scotoshite makes occasional trips to. It's a reminder of how car auctions used to be but in a good way.
Wilson's Auctions
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Another Scotoshite day out, this time at Wilson's Auctions, Dalry where I bought a job lot of Tonka stuff that barely fit in the tiny Citroën. General tat auctions are a dangerous place sometimes!
RAF Cosford
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Two visits made to the excellent RAF museum at Cosford air station in Shropshire.
Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust Open Weekend 2016
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Once again I only attended the Sunday and arrived courtesy of David's Olympian which sounds bloody lovely now that it's running on all six. Only one trip out this time on the "Motorway...
Forth Fast
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In 2007, Stagecoach and SEStrans operated a trial hovercraft service between Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy using the Hovertravel craft "Solent Express". Despite the trial being declared a success...
Lothian Buses "Doors Open" Running Day
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As part of this year's "Doors Open" event, Lothian Buses had several older vehicles operating part of the 16 route between Newhaven and the West End. I had intended to visit Central garage...
30th Festival of 1000 Classic Cars & North West...
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The annual Autoshite pilgrimage to Cholmondeley Castle was a two day event this year which did not get off to an auspicious start when one of our gang's door lock disintegrated, resulting in two...
Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Open Weekend 2016
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Hadn't planned on attending this year's weekend but an offer to journey up on Swift Coaches recently repainted Bova Futura RIL 2576 persuaded me. The day turned out to be rather damp but there were...
Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Running Day 2016
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After missing a couple of years I attended this year's running day at Lathalmond which was quieter than it had been previous years. Some of the buses were very well loaded though so perhaps that;s...
Irish Transport Heritage 44th Annual Bus and...
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My first visit to this event, now it its 44th year saw a varied mix of buses rarely seen on the mainland.
Fantastic day out and beautifully organised, well worth the trip!
A Tale of Two Citroëns
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Recently I realised that the AX is just too small for what I need a car to do and it seemed a shame to continue to abuse it when a bigger car.
For some years I've wanted a Xantia, the last of the...
Delivering a Sprinter
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Another of the many Autoshite related adventures, delivering a former DJ International Sprinter to it's new owner in Aberdeen.
Morris Leslie Classic Car Auction
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Some members of the Autoshite forum met up at the Morris Leslie Classic car auction at Errol Airfield for a look at what was on offer. Amongst the usual classic fodder of MGBs and Morris Minors were...
Autoshite Drag Racing October 2015
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Autoshite does drag racing at Crail and another encounter with the diesel 205 of much boost. The Octavia has been remapped and was doing 16-17 second quarters.
The AX was decidedly less sprightly...
Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust Open Weekend 2015
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The first GVVT open weekend, though I went only on the Sunday. A good event with a decent turn out of vehicles including new to preservation H987 RKG, which is to be restored to Megabus condition.
28th Festival of 1000 Classic Cars & North West...
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A regular event in the Autoshite calendar is the festuval of 1000 Cars and whatnots at Chumley Castle. An excellent day out with the HBF club, despite crap signposting and them hiding us in a far...
42nd Biggar Albion Foundation Vintage Vehicle...
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The Biggar Albion Foundation's 42nd vintage vehicle rally was held at the Biggar showground and was an event I'd not visited before. There was quite a selection of vehicles and trade stalls to suit...
Strathtay 30th Anniversary
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We congregated in Dundee's Seagate bus station to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the creation of Strathtay, one of the companies created in 1985 in preparation for deregulation and the sale of the...
Shitefest 2015
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Shitefest time and a return to Wales for Scotoshite and the SVM. Despite being the newest by some years, Blob the Carisma hS hiccough which caused an engine management problem and limp home mode....
Brownings Coaches
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The now defunct Whitburn coach operator that ran my school bus and once owned A103 OUG.
Volvo Collectioning
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Another SVM production, the collection of Swampy21's Volvo 940 estate.
Class 380
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Class 37
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English Electric type 3 diesels still at work.
Class 334
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The staple unit on the Airdrie=Bathgate link.
Blackpool Trams
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The wonderful 1930s trams of Blackpool and their modern descendants.
Class 320
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Ubiquitous on the north Clyde services and elsewhere in the Glasgow suburban network.
Class 70
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The rather fugly Class 70 freight diesels. Or is beauty in the eye of the beholder?
Class 91
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Motive power for the "Intercity 225" sets.
Class 170
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The Turbostar units, mainly of Scotrail origin.
Class 43 HST
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Anything to do with the venerable Class 43 HSTs should find it's way here.
Class 156
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Various Class 156s
Class 158
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Various spotted class 158 units.
Ladywell Travel and Swift Coaches
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The operating base for what is now Ladywell Travel subsidiary Swift Coaches was once home to DJ. International and Riverside. Since they all sort of go together they can go here.
Glassgow Vintage Vehicle Trust Open Day 2014
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The annual pilgrimage to Bridgeton for the GVVT 2014 open day. A couple of excellent restorations I hadn't seen previously.
McNairns Coaches and JJ Travel.
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Well known independent McNarins Coaches and J.J. Travel operate a variety of services, schools and private hire from a base in Coatbridge.
27th Festival of 1000 Classic Cars & North West...
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Chumley castle was the venue for a bunch of Autoshiters to meet once again and lower the tone of the place. Met with DF2K of this parish and wafted down in his rather lovely 960 estate.
Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Open Weekend 2014
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Missed the running day in May because I was in Wales, so this sort of makes up for ot. Saturday's trip was courtesy of the rather lovely Gibson's Direct Volvo powered Tiger and fellow flickrite...
Night Shots
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Hopefully a growning collection of night photography.
Shitefest 2014
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Annual gathering of the Autoshite collective. This year was at the Hafod Arms Hotel, Devil's Bridge, Wales who very kindly provided a field to camp in for the weekend and most agreeable sustenance....
Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust Open Day 2013
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Last big show of my rally season really. Visit to the open day at the GVVT, located in Bridgeton bus garage.
Good day out and recommended, even if it was quite cold this year.
Central Garage Doors Open Day
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Central has been open to the public a few times during these events but this is the first time I have attended. It was a good day out and seemed very popular with families as well as bus enthusiasts,...
East Fortune Wings & Wheels 2013
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My first trip to this show and Telly's second display as I accidentally ended up in the display area instead of the car park. Good show but smaller than years past from what I've heard. The car park...
Bo'ness Hill Climb Revival 2013
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This is the 6th hill climb revival according to the programme. A bit smaller than last years but still a good show. Battle of Britain memorial flight was quite something and watching the cars...
Linlithgiow Classic Car Day 2013
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The first photos are from a small meet held to promote the Linlithgow Classic Car day held on September first. The rest are from the day itself. Not a bad turn out but I think the weather kept some...
Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Open Weekend 2013
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I only went up on the Sunday this year, having already confirmed with the BBC that Saturday's weather would be dreadful. It was great to see the 3 Birmingham buses this year, particularly the two...
Royal Highland Show Service 98
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After spotting 322 yesterday being used in anger, I resolved to travel in to Edinburgh and record the buses used on Service 98 for the RHS. Actually, I resolved to get a photograph of 322 but it sort...
Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Running Day 2013
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A very dreich day at Lathamond for the annual running day. Still an enjoyable day though, and te weather didn't seem to dampen too many spirits...
The 2nd Vale Royal Classic Car & Motorcycle Show
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Joined around 30 fellow Autoshiters for this event at Arley hall... In the rain.
Convoyed down with others from the 740 MASSIV and had a bloody brilliant time.
Roll on 2014!
Edinburgh Trams
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Whilst not running yet, A collection for these monsters will be needed eventually...
Besides... I saw one move!
Scanned Photos
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An occasional series of scanned photos from days gone by. Many of these were taken by my dad a couple of decades ago or more so dates will be something of a guess...
Bo'ness Hill Climb Revival 2012
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Took a trip down here today not quite knowing what to expect. Was a decent day out if a touch on the pricey side at £10 for entry. In saying that, might have been better value had I watched the...
Bathgate Hot Rodding
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Not something I would have expected to be honest... This group of hot rods (with Mustang and Chrysler PT Cruiser) appeared at the Steelyard, Bathgate.
Complete with Rock 'n' Roll band!
Fetching a Volvo
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The day I went to fetch my 740GL saloon from Northampton. Thankfully dad came along for the journey...
Bigger Bus Drawings
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These were originally done for the now defunct "Own The World" fantasy bus game and for my own enjoyment. They are now used on the "Fantasy Transport" website.
Scale in this case...
Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Running Day 2012
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One of my favourite events. Mostly because there's more on the road and less sat in fields...
Weather was gorgeous this year and some bargains were to be had at the smattering of stalls and in the...
How to Buy a Senator...
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All the things seen on the Autoshite Senator collection trip, including an impromptu visit to DJ International at Barrhead,
Blackburn Cement Plant
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The long abandoned Cement plant in Blackburn. There was a derilict Leyland Cement wagon there a few years ago, but you'll have to make do with the dead Priestman instead...
Interesting explore.
The Northern North
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A long weekend trip to see a friend in the North West of Scotland, and things that can be seen there.
Project 365...+1
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Documenting a year in pictures and half baked commentary.
Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust Open Day 2011 and...
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Trip to the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust open day at Bridgeton, which is always a decent event. Certainly worth the fiver it costs to get in.
Not worth the free admission however is the new...
Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Open Weekend 2011
274 photos
Made it for the Sunday as the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum's annual shindig and went a bit mental with the shutter button. Still... The results are rather nice....
Fairground Lorries
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Taken over a number of years at both Bathgate and Armadale. Every year, for the civic week leading up to Gala day on the Saturday we've had a fairground. The shows, as the locals call 'em.
This has...
First Glasgow
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Born from Strathclyde Buses and what was by then Kelvin Central, First Glasgow are the dominant operator in the Glasgow and North Lanarshire area. At least, thats what they would like you to think...
E&M Horsburgh
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E&M Horsburgh of Pumpherston. Or more accuratle, of Houstoun industrial estate. They run a collection of ex Lothian deckers on schools, and a variety of new and second hand single deckers on...
Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Running Day 2011
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One of the annual trips to the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum for their annual running day. A bloody damn and windy day, the worst weather I've ever had at this one!
Still... An excuse to ride more and...
Wee Bus Drawings
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All done on MS paint, because I can't draw properly...
I've been doing this for a number of years as a way of using up time that could have been put to some other more constructive use. Gardening or...
Summerlee Industrial Heritage Museum
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I pass this place everyday on the way to work, and had assumed that it was closed. Partly because of the slightly derelict looking bits you can see from the train. However, it turns out to be very...
First Scotland East
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Formed from the remains of the Lowland, Eastern and Midland fleets taken over by Grampian.
Not that long ago there used to be a great variety of buses in it but many have sadly made their last...
Scottish Citylink and Stagecoach Megabus
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Formed as Scotland's equivalent of National Express to run express services in Scotland. It grew out of a desire for a coherent image on the Anglo Scottish routes.
Since Citylink and Megabus...
Passenger Travel
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Also now defunct from what I've heard, but probably not for long, Passenger rose from the ashes of defunct Bathgate operator Bulldog travel , which had gone bust once already, Passenger travel...
Edinburgh Corporation and Lothian Buses
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Pictures of the Lothian fleet past, present, preserved and pspotted with subsequent operators.
And EDS 288A which was never a corpy bus, but looked nice all the same.
Spots
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Car spots... Bus spots... Anything that takes some interest really. Some of it isn't old, or particularly significant... As long as its unusual...
Day out at the NRMs
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Had been planning this since Monday evening after Swampy told me he had contracted man flu and was technically dead. We had planned to go up; Bangour y'see...
How that became a trip to the NRM at...
Local Snow
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Pictures from what I thought might have been the last few days of snow. Unfortunately the snow has decided to hang about instead, like a guest who has overstayed their welcome. Knowing our luck we'll...
Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust Oepn Day 2009
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The Glasgow Vintage Vehicle trust annual open day, held at their premises in Bridgeton. The garage itself was opened in 1965 by Glasgow Corporation and ran buses for only eleven years before being...
Kirknewton Station
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Kirknewton station sits on the Edinburgh-Shotts-Glasgow railway line and sees a reasonably frequent service to Edinburgh and to Glasgow. Being at the electric end, before the line branches off for...
Around Edinburgh
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Edinburgh is the Scottish capital and amongst other things boasts its own council run bus fleet. In this collection are a few things that have caught my eye whilst wandering around the city. Of note...
Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Running Day 2010
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A trip to the annual May running day at the Scottish Vintage Bus museum. Very very much a fan of the six wheel Leyland Tiger. Heard it running at the very end of the day before going home, and it...
Scottish Vintage Bus Museum
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The Scottish Vintage Bus Museum is based at Lathalmond, near Dunfermline in Fife and dedicated to preserving Scottish buses or buses with a Scottish connection. They have an annual running day in May...
St. Andrews
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St. Andrews sits on the Fife coast between Kircaldy and Dundee. Home to the University, and golf it is an attractive town in which to while away a few hours. Or at least it is when the sun shines.
Union Canal and Falkirk Wheel
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The Union canal was constructed between 1817 and 1822, opening in May of that year. It was built by Hugh Baird, with Thomas Telford as a consiltant and boasts the second longest aqueduct in the UK,...
Forth Bridges
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The River Forth is spanned at South Queensferry by two bridges. The proper Forth Bridge (orange one) was opened on March 4th, 1890 to the design of Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker after Thomas...
Bangour Village
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Bangour Village is a disused Edwardian hospital village, originally built to offer new standards in care for mentally challenged patients, as they'd say nowadays.
The better known Bangour General...
Livingston
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Livingston New Town was conceived in the early 1960s, and has managed to usurp Linlithgow and Bathgate as West Lothian's most important settlement.
Photo Effects
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Photos where I've mucked about with editing tools to create something a bit different.