Anyone fancy going to the top of the Forth Bridge?!

[alycidon]

I've just received my latest Railway Magazine which includes an article about the Forth Bridge, and I am amazed to learn that there is a deck at the top of each tower large enough to have a football match upon.

[Stillhomewardbound]

I managed to do some digging and found some photographs from my cruise stop at Sydney and the views of that marvellous wonder, the Harbour Bridge. She was over eight years in the building.

You'll see there are close-ups of the bridge walkers. At the top they're standing 400ft above the shoreline.

Btw, these were taken before I got into photography and on a very basic camera, so no fireworks this time. These are merely pictures as record.





My ship, M.V. Aurora was approx 70,000 tonnes but there's a whole generation of much larger British cruise ships that are bigger and hence too large to dock at the Harbour Pier. They have to tie up in the city's docks away from the centre, but where's the fun in that? This has to be the ultimate tie-up point for any cruise vessel.

[Stillhomewardbound]

Deliberating bumping of post. Not sure people knew I'd added some Sydeney Harbour Bridge pics as above ... or should that be below.

[pastoralguy]

I've just received my latest Railway Magazine which includes an article about the Forth Bridge, and I am amazed to learn that there is a deck at the top of each tower large enough to have a football match upon.

I just saw said magazine in Asda. What a wonderful cover photo. Just a shame the article was so short.

[Stillhomewardbound]

I think we're on to a new novelty reality show here. Working title: "To Top It All", but if we get Graham Norton we'll call it 'Top of the Morning To Ya".

The genesis is the Trafalgar monument in Trafalgar Square (what a coincidence there!) where a party of dignitaries held a tea-party on the top of the column before Nelson was put in place.

Proposed editions will include:

"Last Tea at Trafalgar"

"First Footing Footie on the Firth of Firth - New Years Floodlit Fixture"

"Corcovado Chuckles"

"Nepal Nap Time"

... and so on. Zzzzzz!