Let's Go For A Walk! Sepia Saturday

This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt photograhb features two ladies c. 1900 taking a stroll.  I have an  ideal match with this charming postcard from my local heritage group, Auld Esrldton collection, showing two Edwardian ladies  walking alongside the River Tweed  in the Scottish Borders .  In the background  is  the impressive Leaderfoot   Viaduct, three miles from my home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The  Leaderfoot Viaduct built in 1865 was the major engineering feat of the Berwickshire Railway Line from the east.   The statistics are impressive -  the viaduct stands 126 feet (38 m) from the floor of the river valley, and  its 19 arches, each has a 43 feet span.  It was named after the meeting of the Leader Water with the River Tweed.  The last train went over it in 1965, and it is now in the care of Historic Scotland. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Onto the 1930s - and some images when surely my parents  were taking  a beak from a walk.

 

 A 1930's photograph of my mother (left) and father (right) , but I have no idea who the girl in the middle is.  I am also guessing that it was taken in the Lake District which they often visited and where they got engaged.

 My mother is perched on the fence  alongside her brother and sister in law (Uncle Fred and aunie Fan - and my Nana Weston. 

Onto 1964  and here are my parents on the walkway of the newly opened Forth Road Bridge, spanning the Firth of Forth, near Ediinbugh with the historic Rail Bridge to the right,  We lived about 6 miles away  and it was my father's favourite Sunday outing to drive to South Queensferry to see how the bridge was progressing.   It was opened  by the Queen in September 1964 and replaced a centuries-old ferry service to carry vehicular traffic, cyclists, and pedestrians across the River Forth - a real bottleneck for everyone.   When the bridge opened,  it was the fourth biggest suspension bridge in the world and the longest outside the United States.

In the 1970

Husband and I taking a break.

Daughter taking her first steps  in 1973 - she was an early walker, at 9 months.

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Woodlands, rivers and rolling hills define the Scottish Borders    with a network of walking groups across the region.  So enjoy this little walking travelogue of where I live. 

 

A tunnel of trees

 An autumn walk through the woods 

 We won't let snow deter us!

Out with my walking group

 

Looking down on the Leader Water.

 

Alongside the River Tweed

 

Enjoying the tranquillity of St. Mary's Loch 

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