Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Strathpeffer Station 🛤️
The original Strathpeffer Railway Station opened in 1870 on the Dingwall & Skye Line. However, it was some distance from the town itself and a branch line was opened in 1885 to Strathpeffer itself. It closed in 1964 and now houses a Museum of Childhood, shops and a cafe.
Tarbat Ness Lighthouse
Tarbat Ness Lighthouse was engineered by Robert Stevenson for the Northern Lighthouse Board and the light was first exhibited in 1830. It cost £9,361 to build and is the third tallest in Scotland behind North Ronaldsay & Skerryvore. It has an elevation of 53 metres (174 feet) and has 203 steps to the top of the tower.
Monday, 31 August 2026
Friday, 31 July 2026
Union Chain Bridge
TheEnglish side.
The life size statue seated on the left is of Captain Samuel Brown.
He was a British Royal Navy officer who designed innovative cables
for ships made from iron chains.
The Union Chain Bridge or Union Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the River Tweed between Horncliffe, Northumberland, England and Fishwick, Berwickshire, Scotland. It is four miles (6.4 km) upstream of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
When it opened in 1820 it was the longest wrought iron suspension bridge in the world with a span of 449 feet (137 m), and the first vehicular bridge of its type in the United Kingdom. Although work started on the Menai Suspension Bridge earlier, the Union Bridge was completed first. The suspension bridge, which is a Category A listed building in Scotland, is now the oldest to be still carrying road traffic.
Slightly Foxed 🦊📘
“To celebrate the life of Dr Simon Heald
Proprietor of Slightly Foxed Bookshop,
31 Bridge Street, Berwick-upon-Tweed”
Barter Books
Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away,
for, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth;
the time of the singing of birds is come,
And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.
Song of Solomon 2:10
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