Dundee and the Tay bridge seemed like a good plan whatever the weather. Doug was very keen to see the Tay bridge. I was hoping that we might find the house where, Great-great Aunt Maria lived, before being whisked away by 'Uncle' George Snaddon to be his third wife. (I remember her very well - she taught Miriam and I to do somersaults on our front lawn at Clive.)
We typed in the address 11 Balgay Road, Dundee (see below) into Gertie the GPS and set off. We over ruled Gertie, early on so that we took a more scenic route.
The countryside was very pretty, with the autumn colours and hay fields.
Before crossing the Tay Bridge, we stopped in a beautiful little town called Newport-on-Tay that had lovely views of the Tay railway bridge, road bridge and harbour and a welcome coffee stop.
After crossing the Tay on the road bridge, we had a look at the 'Discovery' from Capt Scott's expedition to the Antarctic.
Next we followed Gertie's instructions carefully and very soon found ourselves outside Gt-Aunt Maria's house at 11 Balgay Rd. The owner was there and was happy to chat with us.
Finally we went on top of the lookout called Law Hill and took these pictures looking over the harbour. It was such a calm beautiful day. The reflections in the water were so beautiful.
The railway bridge had a disaster on December 28th, 1879, when some of these girders collapsed while a train crossed in a storm, causing the loss of over 90 lives.
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