"South Queensferry sits on the south shore of the
narrowest part of the Forth Estuary east of Grangemouth, looking across to
North
Queensferry, its twin on the Fife shore. As an obvious place to cross
the river when heading into Fife from Edinburgh it is likely that
settlements either side of the river here, and ferries between them, date
back into antiquity.
The "Queen" in Queensferry was Queen Margaret,
the wife of Malcolm III...." more at http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/queensferry/southqueensferry/index.html
Our pictures
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| Welcome to Queensferry |
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| The Forth Rail Bridge
1883 - 1890 |
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| Hawes Inn - our host for the night |
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| Hand writing on the
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| View from the room |
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| Hawes Inn Restaurant |
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| Famous Room 13 hosted
Robert Louis Stevenson |
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| David anf the bar |
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| Feeling orange |
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| Morning - The Forth Road
Bridge |
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| Hawes Inn with the Forth Rail Bridge on
top |
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| Seals |
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| Forth Road and Rail
Bridge |
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| David on the Road Bridge |
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Resources
Hawes Inn - the place where Robert Louis Stevenson wrote
chapter 13 of "Kidnapped"
