Secret Entrance
I have a fondness for doorways and strong asymmetry. Check and
check. The doorways in Scotland are especially sweet.
June 18, 2005
Scottish Parliamentary Building
I don’t even know where to begin with this one. I almost fell
off my bike when I saw it. Is it a prison, I wondered? Was it
a set piece from the movie Blade Runner? Wrong and wrong again.
June 18, 2005
Weathervanes
I think there is a bird on one of those weathervanes? That or a very little windsock.
June 19, 2005
FREEDOM
What? Did I hear someone say that I only took this photo for is
comic effect, and that I have no appreciation for a fine
tradition of Scottish art and culture? You’re damn right I did!
It’s a sculpture of an old man with breasts and wings. Awesome.
June 20, 2005
Square
Apparently I only go to museums to make fun of the art and the
people, but I swear, that guy had on a pocket protector with like
six pens in it. Honest.
June 20, 2005
Blackness Castle
Blackness Castle has a dungeon that is open the tide and twice a
day the water would roll in flooding the prison. We visited at
the height of summer and I was still dressed in pants and a
sweater. I’m not sure many of those guys made it to trial.
June 21, 2005
View From Blackness
Tide is out.
June 21, 2005
Mysterious Remains
The vestigial remains of an ancient civilization, or the work of
creatures from another planet. We may never know the answer,
but one things for sure: my grandmother flower garden is more
interesting than this place. To the kings of yore, and little
green men, let’s show a little effort.
June 21, 2005
Castle Stairs
June 21, 2005
Castle Tower
June 21, 2005
Closed To The Public
June 21, 2005
Falkirk Wheel I
The Falkirk Wheel was odd edition to the tip. It joined two
sections of a canal, one of which was 80 or so feet above the
other. The canal is understandably very old as many things are
in Scotland, but it got me wondering what the hell were those
guys were thinking. In Rochester we share the Erie Canal,
Panama has its deal, but those boys in Scotland built a canal
with a 100 foot free fall? It took engineers until 2002 to
build this boat swapping carnival ride. Anyway, it put me in an
odd mood hence the photos. Enjoy!
June 21, 2005
Falkirk Wheel II
June 21, 2005