The River Forth at Stirling

A last glimpse of our epic trip to Scotland last May. We are here overnight before our onward journey home. Our hotel is just around the corner and it affords us a late walk along the bank of this famous river that we encountered at its birth near Aberfoyle in the Trossachs. The preceding photo perhaps shows the river here a little better. The river itself will flow into the sea at Edinburgh under the famous Forth bridge.
The city of Stirling has a long and illustrious history. Once the capital of Scotland, Stirling is visually dominated by the medieval Stirling Castle in the heart of its old town, built on a craggy volcanic rock. On the Abbey Craig outcrop stands the National Wallace Monument, a 19th-century tower (see PiP)


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