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scotianostra · 10 months

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The Clackmannanshire Bridge opened to traffic on Wednesday 19 November 2008.

Prior to 1 October 2008 the bridge was referred to as the upper Forth crossing while the name was chosen.

The increasing levels of traffic using the existing Kincardine Bridge led to a public inquiry being held into options to ease traffic flow over the Forth and around the small town of Kincardine. In 2000 proposals were put forward for a number of alternatives, one of which was a new crossing running north-northwest of the existing bridge, bypassing the town of Kincardine altogether.

In 2005 the new crossing was given the go-ahead, and construction began in June 2006, with the sod-cutting ceremony performed by then Scottish Transport Minister, Tavish Scott, accompanied by the Earl of Elgin who as a boy had performed the ceremony for the Kincardine Bridge.

The bridge was officially opened by Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond on 28th November 2008. At the ceremony, Salmond said: "This is a world-class infrastructure project which will cut journey times, improve central Scotland connections, and provide a unique gateway to Clackmannanshire, Fife and Falkirk"

#scotland #scottish #history #central Scotland #traffic infrastructure

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calamitys-child · 11 months

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Pls add in tags where you're from and what your take is!! I work in tourism and have noticed certain people seem taken aback or confused by this question in small talk

#for me - im 23 from central Scotland and to me it means 'where do you currently live?'#as in - if someone asked 'where are you from?' id say [parents' hometown] originally bc that implies where my origins are #but 'whereabouts dyou stay' id say aw just outside [city] cause thats where i currently live

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lomotunes2008 · 8 days

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Just got a very nice D11/2!

I also took some pictures of it with my A5 (They're both GCR engines so I thought it was fitting)

They frens :)

#lner #lner a5 #lner d11 #gcr improved director #62683 Hobbie Elliott #model trains #model railways #british railways #london and north eastern railway #great central railway #scotland #scottish trains #little bit of lore: the d11/2's were modified for use in scotland #they were also given visual modifications to look more like the north british railway's engines #i like gcr engines theyre very pretty

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ifindus · 1 year

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leste du vg nyheten "kilt i hetebølge"? tusenvis av skotter var i hovedstaden for å se EM kvalifiseringskamp mellom norge og skottland og de gikk alle rundt i kilt i oslo🙈 en ble overrasket over at norge var så varmt lmao

jaaa så den 😂

Scotland and Norway played against each-other in the qualification for the European Championship in football, and so Oslo was flooded with Scots that one weekend in June. Some of them were surprised it was so hot in Norway 😅 but luckily most of them were wearing kilts, giving more ventilation...

#hetalia #aph norway #hws norway #hws scotland #aph scotland #scotnor #and we don't talk about how the game went 😓#I know the whole thing of people being surprised Norway is hot during summer is quite common tho 😅#some people even think we don't get summer?? it's just snow all year around #even more often nowadays we will have summers with temperatures well into the 30s #we might also have long stretches of rain ofc but that's all year anyway #in summer there is rarely under 10 degrees in my experience and I live in central Norway so ofc it will be different in the south and north #when this took place it was 31 degrees in the shadows in Oslo and 22 degrees in Edinburgh #the scots were a bit shocked it seemed. Travelling north and having it get warmer

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vox-anglosphere · 2 years

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Glasgow's Central Station is your gateway to the Highlands & Islands

#Central Station #Glasgow #British Rail #ScotRail #railways #age of steam #gateway #Victorian era #Scotland #nostalgia

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positivelyghastly · 3 months

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I love getting my plant watering reminder after I’ve already watered my plants. I feel so productive and responsible (half of my plants are dying)

#personal #to be fair it was kind of stupid of me to think I could successfully grow an orange tree in central Scotland #that poor thing lasted 2 months and now she’s all shrivelled and sad #I have no idea what’s going on with my venus flytrap though. she’s just dramatic and picky #I had her in my living room window and it was too much sun so I moved her to the kitchen #and that was still too much sun so I moved her to my bookshelf and she thrived for 3 months and then tried to flower #please I feed you so many spiders you should be FINE!!

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pinktinselmonstrosity · 1 year

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i'm the only who's moved in to my flat so far this is so weird

#it's a flat of 8 but right now. it is a flat of one #i feel like home alone #but yeah my room is nice and the flat is pretty central and super close to the bus and train stations #v excited!!#trying to to doxx myself but it was so funny when i checked in bc the lady called me an international student and i ?????#but then i remembered. scotland #🧃

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philzokman · 1 year

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SOBBING SO HARD RN im so bad at french but i need all a's to get into the uni course i want and i havent been studying french bc iwas like 'mhmhmhmm!!! 4 days is eniogh time to become fUKCING FLUENT IN A LANGUAGE' WHY AM I SO STUPUD MY EXAMS ON MIONDAY IM GOING TO EAT CONCRETE also why does the tangled soundtrack go so hard like actually im alternating between the duolingo french podcast, the tangled soundtrack, pulps discography and prayign HFJKDSHF

#st andrews better accept me after all this oml #actual my top three uni choices atm are st andrews #they have a course in english and comparative lit which looks so FIRE #i should be able to get in but its also liek the fourth best uni in the uk this year (usually its top 3 i think last year it was 2nd)#praying frfr #aberdeen has a good course in english and creative writing which might also be sick but im also not sureeee #and glasgow would also be fire but im not sure what id do as a duel course there </3 #BUT the rent theres p cheap there compared to st andrews (dundee tbf im not rich enough for st andrews </3) and aberdeen #PLUS its the concert central for scotland #thank god for free education in scotland and saas idk how id cope fHSJDKF #lea.txt

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mightywellfan · 10 months

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Clock at Glasgow Central station

#scotland #visit scotland #history #glasgow #central station

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unrealityliminal · 10 months

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dec 2012

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scotianostra · 7 months

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Leith Walk Bars.

#scotland #scottish #edinburgh #Leith #public houses #Central Bar #Alhambra #Spey Lounge #my photos #phone pix #Mother Superior

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calamitys-child · 1 year

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The way narcissist cookbook just played the song that reduces me to a chronic pain transsexual wreck made of tears followed immediately by a song that goes "I have a fat ass I eat pussy and I wanna get railed".... unmatched energy. I really, really needed that right now

#also shoutout to the venue staff for keeping us all safe for a fitba day they are the best and i appreciate them more than words can say #anyone central Scotland please please support 13th note Glasgow's efforts to unionise #and earn a living wage for their work #theyre great at what they do and dignity for working class workers is absolutely vital

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mostlyuk · 1 year

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