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What a Hell of a State We're in
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What a Hell of a State We're in
The iconic Tay Rail Bridge links Dundee with Newport in the Kingdom of Fife to the South.
The Tay Bridge carries the railway across the Firth of Tay south from Dundee to Wormit in Fife. It is 2.75 miles long and is the second bridge to occupy the site.
The first Tay Bridge opened in 1878. Its lightweight lattice design was relatively low cost. It had only a single track. On 28 December 1879, the bridge collapsed in high winds. Seventy-five passengers and crew in a train plunged to their deaths in the icy waters of the Tay. The disaster stunned the whole country and sent shock waves through the Victorian engineering community. The ensuing enquiry revealed that the design of the bridge had not allowed for high winds. At the time of the collapse, a gale estimated at force ten or eleven blasted down the Tay estuary.
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Easter Egg 2020
In 2019 we didn't make a Fall trip to Maine as is our wont. Instead:
- I met up with my daughters and their families for a week in Blairgowrie, Perthshire in July. Karen formed the rear party, took a week off work and looked after the dogs back in NOVA.
- I returned the favour when Karen flew halfway around the world to visit her sister in New Zealand.
We did get away together though for a Low Country Christmas and New Year with all the dogs.
We also spent a week away on Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga and a long weekend in Davis, West Virginia.
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Easter Tradition - 2019
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Christmas Message 2016
We will spend our first Christmas and New Year at home in over a decade. We enjoy our trips away over these holidays but have to stay put this time. Here's why ... read it