The Tay Bridge

It was such a beautiful day to drive up to Dundee to celebrate the Golden Wedding of his Lordship's cousin. Fifty years married to the same person, (unlike me, who has been married for almost 50 years, just not to the same person) is certainly worth celebrating, especially as they tied the knot when teenagers.

They have a town house overlooking the Tay, and with the sunshine this afternoon, I was spoilt for choice as to which blip to use. This is a view from on high of the railway bridge which replaces the old one of disaster fame.

In December 1879 the bridge collapsed as a train went over it, with the loss of all lives.
Despite well over a century of subsequent train travel, the Tay Bridge disaster remains one of Britain's worst ever railway accidents. A terrific storm, which had spread mayhem and destruction throughout central Scotland, was howling down the Tay just as the Edinburgh train was crossing the bridge. As the train reached the "high girders" at the centre of the bridge, they suddenly collapsed - plunging the train and its seventy-five passengers and crew into the icy waters. There were no survivors, and only forty-six bodies were ever recovered.