Road Bridge crossing the Firth of Forth near Queensferry in Scotland (United Kingdom)

Now as the river dissolves in sea
So Neptune has claimed another soul
And so with gods and men
The sheep remain inside their pen
Until the shepherd leads his flock away
The sands of time were eroded by
The river of constant change

Extract from Firth of Forth

Song by Genesis

Bridge over the Firth of Forth near Queensferry, Scotland (United Kingdom)

The Cat Sìth is said to resemble a large black cat t (around the size of a dog) with a white spot on its breast that haunts the Scottish Highlands. It is said the Sith is a witch witch who has the ability to transform into the animal nine times. The people of the Scottish Highlands believed that it could steal a person's soul before it was claimed by the Gods by passing over a corpse before burial

Scottish legend

Forth Rail Bridge over the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)

Out over the Forth, I look to the North;
But what is the north and its Highlands to me?
The south nor the east gie ease to my breast,
The far foreign land, or the wide rolling sea.


But I look to the west when I gae to rest,
That happy my dreams and my slumbers may be;
For far in the west lives he I loe best,
The man that is dear to my babie and me. 

Poem by Robert Burns

Forth Bridge across the Firth of Forth, near Queensferry, Scotland (United Kingdom)

"UK's first plastic banknote introduced to commemorate Forth Bridge's UNESCO nomination The first plastic banknotes in Great Britain will enter circulation next year to mark the 125th anniversary of the Forth Bridge, Clydesdale Bank has announced. The bank will release two million of the £5 notes..."

Newspaper Scotland Herald, 
March 22, 2014

Forth Rail Bridge over the Forth Estuary near Queensferry, Scotland (United Kingdom)

Knitting and riveting

pinning and weaving,

knitting and riveting

pinning and weaving,

building the girders out

over the water;

gangers in rivet-teams

sweating at furnaces,

wielding the rivet-tongs,

hammering plates in place,

hanging the arms

of the great cantilever...

 The Construction of Forth Railway Bridge

Colin Donati