Inchcolm Island and the Forth bridges

First firth of Forth island trip, with nice views of the Forth bridges as a bonus! On a very sunny day, we took the train from Waverley to the last station before the Forth rail bridge, then headed down to Queensferry where we took a ferry.

As part of the ferry tour we disembarked on Inchcolm island and had a couple hours to visit it. After a nice picnic we had a look at the nice abbey there, apparently one of the best preserved abbey in Scotland!

Then we walked around the island, especially up to the highest point to get a view.

Back on the ferry, we saw a couple of sunbathing seals, before going round the three bridges.

Three bridges cross the firth at this location, each built in a different century. The oldest is a rail bridge, while the newest is not yet open to road traffic.

The newest bridge is still under construction.

The red Forth bridge, amazing design from the XIXth century

XXIth century bridge to the left, XXth century bridge to the right

Back to land, we took a stroll through Queensferry before heading back to Edinburgh!