Dundee Photo Walks

Dundee Photo Walks Choose from five guided walking tours of Dundee with local photographer Stephen Finn.
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The Dundee Maritime Tour
The Dundee Railway Tour
The Dundee 2.0 Tour
The Dundee 3E Tour
The Dundee Gaming Tour

05/08/2024

Upcoming guided walking tours
The Dundee Railway Tour - Tuesday 6th August 6:00 - 7:00 PM
The Dundee Maritime Tour - Thursday 8th August 6:00 โ€“ 7:00 PM
The Dundee Gaming Tour - Saturday 10th August 2:00 โ€“ 3:00 PM
The Dundee 3E Tour - Saturday 10th August 3:30 โ€“ 5:00 PM
Booking is essential through Eventbrite
https://dundeephotowalks.co.uk/book-your-tour/

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Tuesday 6th August 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Meeting point: Northern end of Seabraes Bridge
Tickets: From ยฃ8
Booking is essential

Four stations, two bridges, two tunnels and a lot of land.
On this tour I will be talking about how the railways changed Dundee including:
- The Dundee - Newtyle Line and the Law Tunnel + incline
- Dundee East Station and the big stink
- The three stations of Dundee West
- The Tay Rail Bridge Disaster - the causes and lessons learnt
- Tay Bridge Station and the Dock Street Tunnel
- How to build a new station entrance and hotel above the busy east coast mainline.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Thursday 8th August 6:00 โ€“ 7:00 PM
Meeting point Discovery Point
Tickets: From ยฃ8
Booking is essential

Dundee has a rich maritime heritage with not only three iconic vessels
- RRS Discovery
- HMS Unicorn
- North Carr Lightship
but also historic docks and a working port.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 10th August 2:00 โ€“ 3:00 PM
Meeting point: Lemmings Statue
Tickets: From ยฃ8

Dundee doesn't have a gaming museum despite being:
- Where millions of ZX Spectrum 8 bit computers were made
- Where Lemmings one of the most original 16 bit games was created
- Where the Grand Theft Auto franchise began
- Where Minecraft was ported from the PC to PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Wii + Switch
I can't build a museum but I can give a guided walking tour telling the stories about the above.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 10th August 3:30 โ€“ 5:00 PM
Meeting point: V&A Sign
Tickets: from ยฃ8
Booking is essential

A guided walking tour about energy, engineering and exploration.

๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜†:
- Jackup drilling rigs
- Offshore wind farms

๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:
How they built
- V&A Design Museum
- Dundee Railway Station
- Tay Road Bridge
What caused the Tay Rail Bridge disaster

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:
- The adventures of the RRS Discovery

31/07/2024

Upcoming Guided walking Tours
The Dundee Railway Tour - Thursday 1st August 6:00 - 7:00 PM
The Dundee Railway Tour - Saturday 3rd August 12:30 โ€“ 1:30 PM
The Dundee Maritime Tour - Saturday 3rd August 2:00 โ€“ 3:00 PM
The Dundee 2.0 Tour - Saturday 3rd August 3:30 โ€“ 5:00 PM

Booking is essential through Eventbrite

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Thursday 1st August 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Saturday 3rd August 12:30 โ€“ 1:30 PM
Meeting point: Northern end of Seabraes Bridge
Tickets: From ยฃ8

Four stations, two bridges, two tunnels and a lot of land.
On this tour I will be talking about how the railways changed Dundee including:

- The Dundee - Newtyle Line and the Law Tunnel + incline
- Dundee East Station and the big stink
- The three stations of Dundee West
- The Tay Rail Bridge Disaster - the causes and lessons learnt
- Tay Bridge Station and the Dock Street Tunnel
- How to build a new station entrance and hotel above the busy east coast mainline.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 3rd August 2:00 โ€“ 3:00 PM
Meeting point Discovery Point
Tickets: From ยฃ8

Dundee has a rich maritime heritage with not only three iconic vessels
- RRS Discovery
- HMS Unicorn
- North Carr Lightship
but also historic docks and a working port.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ.๐Ÿฌ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 3rd August 3:30 โ€“ 5:00 PM
Meeting point: V&A Sign.
Tickets: From ยฃ8 Booking is essential thru Eventbrite.

A guided walking tour about Dundeeโ€™s ยฃ1.6 billion make over and other points of interest along the way.

Whatโ€™s gone
- Tayside House
- Hilton Hotel
- Olympia Leisure Centre

Whatโ€™s been done
- The V&A Design Museum
- Dundee Railway Station
- Waterfront Place
- Slessor Gardens

Whatโ€™s to come
- The Eden Project
- Project Safe Haven (HMS Unicorn)
- The eSports Arena

Plus
- Tay Road Bridge
- RRS Discovery
- The Royal + Cardboard Arch

25/07/2024

Upcoming tours this week - new evening timeslot
The Dundee Railway Tour - Thursday 25th of July 6:00 โ€“ 7:00 PM
The Dundee Maritime Tour - Friday 26th of August 6:00 โ€“ 7:00 PM

The Dundee Gaming Tour - Saturday 27th of July 12:30 โ€“ 1:30 PM
The Dundee Railway Tour - Saturday 27th of July 2:00 โ€“ 3:00 PM
The Dundee 3E Tour - Saturday 27th of July 3:30 โ€“ 5:00 PM

The Dundee Railway Tour - Monday 29th of July 6:00 โ€“ 7:00 PM
The Dundee Gaming Tour - Tuesday 30th of July 6:00 โ€“ 7:00 PM

Booking essential through Eventbrite
https://dundeephotowalks.co.uk/book-your-tour/

19/07/2024

Guided walking tours this weekend
The Dundee Maritime Tour - Saturday 20th July 12:30 โ€“ 1:30 PM
The Dundee Railway Tour - Saturday 20th July 2:00 โ€“ 3:00 PM
The Dundee 2.0 Tour - Saturday 20th July 3:30 โ€“ 5:00 PM

Booking is essential through Eventbrite
https://lnkd.in/eMUXEkTM

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 20th July 12:30 โ€“ 1:30 PM
Meeting point Discovery Point
Tickets: From ยฃ8

Dundee has a rich maritime heritage with not only three iconic vessels
- RRS Discovery
- HMS Unicorn
- North Carr Lightship
but also the historic docks and a working port.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 20th July 2:00 โ€“ 3:00 PM
Meeting point: Northern end of Seabraes Bridge
Tickets: From ยฃ8

Four stations, two bridges, two tunnels and a lot of land.
On this tour I will be talking about how the railways changed Dundee including:
- The Dundee - Newtyle Line and the Law Tunnel + incline
- Dundee East Station and the big stink
- The three stations of Dundee West
- The Tay Rail Bridge Disaster - the causes and lessons learnt
- Tay Bridge Station and the Dock Street Tunnel
- How to build a new station entrance and hotel above the busy east coast mainline.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ.๐Ÿฌ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 20th July 3:30 โ€“ 5:00 PM
Meeting point: V&A Sign.
Tickets: From ยฃ8 Booking is essential thru Eventbrite.
A guided walking tour about Dundeeโ€™s ยฃ1.6 billion make over and other points of interest along the way.

Whatโ€™s gone
- Tayside House
- Hilton Hotel
- Olympia Leisure Centre

Whatโ€™s been done
- The V&A Design Museum
- Dundee Railway Station
- Waterfront Place
- Slessor Gardens

Whatโ€™s to come
- The Eden Project
- Project Safe Haven (HMS Unicorn)
- The eSports Arena

Plus
- Tay Road Bridge
- RRS Discovery
- The Royal + Cardboard Arch

16/07/2024

Multi-part timelapse of Azamara Quest arriving in Dundee this morning (16th July 2024). The first three sections are made from one clip at x40 speed and the last part is at x20 speed
She was the fourth cruise ship to visit Dundee in the 2024 season - Azamara Quest. (12 to go). Passengers on this leg are visiting Scotland and Ireland.

14 July Leith-Edinburgh
15 July - 21:00 Leith-Edinburgh,
16 July 09:45 - 21:00 Dundee
17 July 12:00 - 22:00 Invergordon
18 July 08:00 - 20:00 Kirkwall, Orkney
20 July 07:00 - 21 Jul 21:00 Greenock-Glasgow,
22 July 07:00 - 23 Jul 20:00 Belfast, Northern Ireland
24 July 08:00 - 18:00 Isle of Man, UK
25 July 07:00 Dublin, Ireland

A few stats about Azamara Quest
Passengers 722 - 794
Crew 408
Built 2000
Refurbished 2021
11 decks, 6 with cabins
Cabins 351
Length 181 metres
Gross Tonnage 30277 gt

Azamara
Music by Audio Outsource

10/07/2024

This weekends guided Dundee walking tours.
The Dundee Railway Tour - Saturday 13th of July 12.30 - 1.30 PM
The Dundee 3E Tour - Saturday 13th of July 2.00 - 3.30 PM
The Dundee Gaming Tour - Saturday 13th of July 4.00 - 5.00 PM
Booking is essential through Eventbrite
https://dundeephotowalks.co.uk/book-your-tour/

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 13th of July 12.30 - 1.30 PM
Meeting point: Northern end of Seabraes Bridge
Tickets: From ยฃ8
Four stations, two bridges, two tunnels and a lot of land.
On this tour I will be talking about how the railways changed Dundee including:
- The Dundee - Newtyle Line and its Law Tunnel + incline
- Dundee East Station and the big stink
- The three stations of Dundee West
- The Tay Rail Bridge Disaster - the causes and lessons learnt
- Tay Bridge Station and the Dock Street Tunnel
- How to build a new station entrance and hotel above the busy east coast mainline.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 13th of July 4.00 - 5.30 PM
Meeting point: V&A Sign
Tickets: from ยฃ8. Booking is essential
A guided walking tour about energy, engineering and exploration.

๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜†:
- Jackup drilling rigs
- Offshore wind farms

๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:
How they built
- V&A Design Museum
- Dundee Railway Station
- Tay Road Bridge
What caused the Tay Rail Bridge disaster

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:
- The adventures of the RRS Discovery

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 13th of July 4.00 - 5.00 PM
Meeting point: Lemmings Statue
Tickets: From ยฃ8

Dundee doesn't have a gaming museum despite being:
- Where millions of ZX Spectrum 8 bit computers were made
- Where Lemmings one of the most original 16 bit games was created
- Where the Grand Theft Auto franchise began
- Where Minecraft was ported from the PC to PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Wii + Switch
I can't build a museum but I can give a guided walking tour telling the stories about the above.

Sea Cloud Spirit and Broughty Castle Dundee Wednesday 26th of June 2024What an amazing ship136 Passengers85 Crew3 Masts ...
27/06/2024

Sea Cloud Spirit and Broughty Castle Dundee Wednesday 26th of June 2024
What an amazing ship
136 Passengers
85 Crew
3 Masts with 27 sails (4,100 square metres)
138 metre long
17.2 metres wide
The top of the main mast is 57.9 metres above the waterline.
There is no room for a swimming pool but it does have a Finnish sauna, spa, beauty parlour, hairdresser, library, restaurant, a fitness area with an ocean view and a lounge with a Steinway grand piano.

The stern mast is also a funnel for its engine which was used for travelling along the Tay Estuary

Serendipity:
Over three months ago I was asked to give another guided netwalking tour to members of the ACCA. As this spectacular luxury cruise ship was visiting Dundee I decided it would be our first stop. Just after I had finished talking about her and the cruise ships that visit Dundee, we noticed they were raising the gangway and then she set sail. Thankfully I had my cameras with me and those of the tour werenโ€™t too upset by the delay.

Though I didnโ€™t forget to say my joke โ€œAhoy, does anyone aboard need an accountant?โ€

Sea Cloud Cruises

You wait two months for a cruise shipโ€ฆThen two come in the same week. Azamara Onward brought passengers to a very sunny ...
24/06/2024

You wait two months for a cruise shipโ€ฆ
Then two come in the same week. Azamara Onward brought passengers to a very sunny Dundee today and on Wednesday Sea Cloud Spirit will visit. Azamara Onward left around 4.30 PM on their way to Invergordon. This segment of the cruise started in Southampton and ends in Dublin but I met one passenger who boarded in Florida.

Azamara Onward
Built 1999
Refurbished 2022
11 decks, 6 with cabins
Cabins 352
Length 181 metres
Gross Tonnage 30277 gt

Photo 1 - Azamara Onward at the quayside
Photo 2 โ€“ The Eden Project Dundee construction site and Azamara Onward
Photo 3 - Azamara Onward viewed through the supports of the Tay Road Bridge (with heat haze)
Photo 4 โ€“ Dundee where tourism meets energy

Azamara
Eden Project

Sadly I was bit late for her departure.

20/06/2024

Guided walking tours
The Dundee Railway Tour - Saturday 22nd of June 12:30 โ€“ 1:30 PM
The Dundee Maritime Tour - Saturday 22nd of June 2:00 โ€“ 3:00 PM
The Dundee 2.0 Tour - Saturday 22nd of June 3:30 โ€“ 5:00 PM

The Dundee Maritime Tour - Monday 24th of June 1:00 โ€“ 2:00 PM
The Dundee Railway Tour - Wednesday 26th of June 1:00 โ€“ 2:00 PM

Booking is essential through Eventbrite
https://dundeephotowalks.co.uk/book-your-tour/

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ *NEW*
Saturday 22nd of June 2:00 โ€“ 3:00 PM
Monday 24th of June 1:00 โ€“ 2:00 PM
Meeting point Discovery Point
Tickets: From ยฃ8

Dundee has a rich maritime heritage with not only three iconic vessels
- RRS Discovery
- HMS Unicorn
- North Carr Lightship
but also historic docks and a working port.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 22nd of June 12:30 โ€“ 1:30 PM
Wednesday 26th of June 1:00 โ€“ 2:00 PM
Meeting point: Northern end of Seabraes Bridge
Tickets: From ยฃ8

Four stations, two bridges, two tunnels and a lot of land.
On this tour I will be talking about how the railways changed Dundee including:

- The Dundee - Newtyle Line and the Law Tunnel + incline
- Dundee East Station and the big stink
- The three stations of Dundee West
- The Tay Rail Bridge Disaster - the causes and lessons learnt
- Tay Bridge Station and the Dock Street Tunnel
- How to build a new station entrance and hotel above the busy east coast mainline.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ.๐Ÿฌ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 22nd June 3.30 - 5.00 PM
Meeting point: V&A Sign.
Tickets: From ยฃ8 Booking is essential thru Eventbrite.

A guided walking tour about Dundeeโ€™s ยฃ1.6 billion make over and other points of interest along the way.

Whatโ€™s gone
- Tayside House
- Hilton Hotel
- Olympia Leisure Centre

Whatโ€™s been done
- The V&A Design Museum
- Dundee Railway Station
- Waterfront Place
- Slessor Gardens

Whatโ€™s to come
- The Eden Project
- Project Safe Haven (HMS Unicorn)
- The eSports Arena

Plus
- Tay Road Bridge
- RRS Discovery
- The Royal + Cardboard Arch

Just in case you are wondering, the first clip isn't CGI. I was passing the V&A a few years ago and someone was sailing a scale model of the RRS Discovery.

06/06/2024

Another promo video for this weekends guided walking tours.
The Dundee Railway Tour - Saturday 8th of June 12.30 - 1.30 PM
The Dundee 2.0 Tour - Saturday 8th of June 2.00 - 3.30 PM
The Dundee 3E Tour - Saturday 8th of June 4.00 - 5.30 PM
Booking is essential through Eventbrite
https://dundeephotowalks.co.uk/book-your-tour/

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 8th of June 12.30 - 1.30 PM
Meeting point: Northern end of Seabraes Bridge
Tickets: From ยฃ8

Four stations, two bridges, two tunnels and a lot of land.
On this tour I will be talking about how the railways changed Dundee including:
- The Dundee - Newtyle Line and the Law Tunnel + incline
- Dundee East Station and the big stink
- The three stations of Dundee West
- The Tay Rail Bridge Disaster - the causes and lessons learnt
- Tay Bridge Station and the Dock Street Tunnel
- How to build a new station entrance and hotel above the busy east coast mainline.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ.๐Ÿฌ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 8th of June 2.00 - 3.30 PM
Meeting point: V&A Sign.
Tickets: From ยฃ8 Booking is essential thru Eventbrite.
A guided walking tour about Dundeeโ€™s ยฃ1.6 billion make over and other points of interest along the way.

Whatโ€™s gone
- Tayside House
- Hilton Hotel
- Olympia Leisure Centre

Whatโ€™s been done
- The V&A Design Museum
- Dundee Railway Station
- Waterfront Place
- Slessor Gardens

Whatโ€™s to come
- The Eden Project
- Project Safe Haven (HMS Unicorn)
- The eSports Arena

Plus
- Tay Road Bridge
- RRS Discovery
- The Royal + cardboard Arch
- The log pavillion
- North Carr Lightship
- Modular construction

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 8th of June 4.00 - 5.30 PM
Meeting point: V&A Sign
Tickets: from ยฃ8. Booking is essential

A guided walking tour about energy, engineering and exploration.

๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜†:
- Jackup drilling rigs
- Offshore wind farms

๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:
How they built
- V&A Design Museum
- Dundee Railway Station
- Tay Road Bridge
What caused the Tay Rail Bridge disaster

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:
- The adventures of the RRS Discovery

On this day* 146 years ago the longest railway bridge in the world opened in Dundee. It was only open for 18 months as i...
31/05/2024

On this day* 146 years ago the longest railway bridge in the world opened in Dundee. It was only open for 18 months as it tragically failed one winter night with the lost of 59 lives. Itโ€™s foundations are quite obvious in the middle of the Tay but at low tide remains can still be seen much closer to the shore.

Thankfully lessons were learnt from the mistakes of the first bridge so the second bridge is still standing strong as it approaches the 137th anniversary of itโ€™s opening.

1 โ€“ The remains in the middle of the Tay
2 โ€“ Remains at low tide on the Dundee side
3 โ€“ Brick stumps at low tide on the Fife side
4 โ€“ Elevated view of stumps viewed from Fife
5 - Elevated view of stumps viewed from Fife
6 โ€“ Closer view of stumps at low tide on the Fife side
7 โ€“ The new brick arches and remains from Fife
8 โ€“ New bridge reflected and remains at low tide on the Dundee side
9 - Elevated view of bridge and stumps viewed from Dundee Law

Just in case anyone is wondering all my own photos just I used the wrong watermarks for these ones.

* Some sources state the 1st of June

๐Ÿด ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต?The Royal Arch in Dundee was demolished on the 16th of March 1964.O...
29/05/2024

๐Ÿด ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต?
The Royal Arch in Dundee was demolished on the 16th of March 1964.

On a brighter note on the 28th of May 2016 a cardboard arch was constructed out of 1,200 cardboard boxes and a lot of sticky tape in the recently opened Slessor Gardens.

It stood overnight and the following day the 29th of May 2016 it was lowered and trampled. Hopefully they recycled all that cardboard.

You can hear more about the Royal Arch, the cardboard arch and Slessor Gardens on the Dundee 2.0 Tour.

The next one is on Saturday 1st of June 2.00 - 3.30 PM
https://dundeephotowalks.co.uk/book-your-tour/

gardens

28/05/2024

Another promo video for this weekends guided walking tours.
The Dundee Railway Tour - Saturday 1st of June 12.30 - 1.30 PM
The Dundee 2.0 Tour - Saturday 1st of June 2.00 - 3.30 PM
The Dundee Gaming Tour - Saturday 1st of June 4.00 - 5.00 PM
Booking is essential through Eventbrite
https://dundeephotowalks.co.uk/book-your-tour/

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 1st of June 12.30 - 1.30 PM
Meeting point: Northern end of Seabraes Bridge
Tickets: From ยฃ8

Four stations, two bridges, two tunnels and a lot of land.

On this tour I will be talking about how the railways changed Dundee including:
- The Dundee - Newtyle Line and the Law Tunnel + incline
- Dundee East Station and the big stink
- The three stations of Dundee West
- The Tay Rail Bridge Disaster - the causes and lessons learnt
- Tay Bridge Station and the Dock Street Tunnel
- How to build a new station entrance and hotel above the busy east coast mainline.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ.๐Ÿฌ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 1st of June 2.00 - 3.30 PM
Meeting point: V&A Sign.
Tickets: From ยฃ8 Booking is essential thru Eventbrite.
A guided walking tour about Dundeeโ€™s ยฃ1.6 billion make over and other points of interest along the way.

Whatโ€™s gone
- Tayside House
- Hilton Hotel
- Olympia Leisure Centre

Whatโ€™s been done
- The V&A Design Museum
- Dundee Railway Station
- Waterfront Place
- Slessor Gardens

Whatโ€™s to come
- The Eden Project
- Project Safe Haven (HMS Unicorn)
- The eSports Arena

Plus
- Tay Road Bridge
- RRS Discovery
- The Royal + cardboard Arch
- The log pavillion
- North Carr Lightship
- Modular construction

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 1st of June 4.00 - 5.00 PM
Meeting point: Lemmings Statue
Tickets: From ยฃ8

Dundee doesn't have a gaming museum despite being:
- Where millions of ZX Spectrum 8 bit computers were made
- Where Lemmings one of the most original 16 bit games was created
- Where the Grand Theft Auto franchise began
- Where Minecraft was ported from the PC to PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Wii + Switch
I can't build a museum but I can give a guided walking tour telling the stories about the above.

22/05/2024

On a clear day from the summit of Dundee Law I've seen the Bell Rock lighthouse, distant mountains and offshore windfarms. But on Monday evening I had a great view of St Andrews. (Usually you can just make out the ruins of the cathedral).

A labelled scrolling panorama made from a photo.

I may be slightly off on the location of the Hotel du Vin Hotel

Rusacks St Andrews
Old Course Hotel Golf Resort & Spa
Hotel du Vin
St Andrews Aquarium

21/05/2024

Another promo video for this weekends guided walking tours.
The Dundee Gaming Tour - Saturday 25th of May 12.30 - 1.30 PM
The Dundee Railway Tour - Saturday 25th of May 2.00 - 3.00 PM
The Dundee 3E Tour - Saturday 25th of May 3.30 - 5.00 PM
Booking is essential through Eventbrite
https://dundeephotowalks.co.uk/book-your-tour/

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 25th May 12.30 - 1.30 PM
Meeting point: Lemmings Statue
Tickets: From ยฃ8

Dundee doesn't have a gaming museum despite being:

- Where millions of ZX Spectrum 8 bit computers were made
- Where Lemmings one of the most original 16 bit games was created
- Where the Grand Theft Auto franchise began
- Where Minecraft was ported from the PC to PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Wii + Switch

I can't build a museum but I can give a guided walking tour telling the stories about the above.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 25th of May 2.00 - 3.00 PM
Meeting point: Northern end of Seabraes Bridge
Tickets: From ยฃ8

Four stations, two bridges, two tunnels and a lot of land.

On this tour I will be talking about how the railways changed Dundee including:
- The Dundee - Newtyle Line and the Law Tunnel + incline
- Dundee East Station and the big stink
- The three stations of Dundee West
- The Tay Rail Bridge Disaster - the causes and lessons learnt
- Tay Bridge Station and the Dock Street Tunnel
- How to build a new station entrance and hotel above the busy east coast mainline.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
Saturday 18th of May 4.00 - 5.30 PM
Meeting point: V&A Sign
Tickets: from ยฃ8. Booking is essential thru Eventbrite.
A guided walking tour about energy, engineering and exploration.

๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜†:
- Jackup drilling rigs
- Offshore wind farms

๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:
How they built
- V&A Design Museum
- Dundee Railway Station
- Tay Road Bridge
What caused the Tay Rail Bridge disaster

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:
- The adventures of the RRS Discovery

19/05/2024

Three part timelapse of a LNER Azuma train departing Dundee viewed from Seabraes Bridge. Itโ€™s actually at x3 speed as there is a 25 MPH speed limit on the Tay Rail Bridge and a few curves before it.

It is derived from one clip, I zoomed on the train as got further away.
Part 1 - Original footage 1080 x 1920 pixels
Part 2 - 540 x 960 pixels crop upscaled x2
Part 3 - 270 x 480 pixels crop upscaled x4

Supposedly Topaz Video AI can upscale even more but I havenโ€™t tried yet, though imagine there will be even more artifacts.

If you are interested in Dundeeโ€™s Railways join me for the Dundee Railway Tour.
https://dundeephotowalks.co.uk/the-dundee-railway-tour/

Rousing soundtrack by Audio Outsource

14/05/2024

A little promo video for this weekends guided walking tours.
The Dundee Railway Tour - Saturday 18th of May 12.30 - 1.30 PM
The Dundee 2.0 Tour - Saturday 18th of May 2.00 - 3.30 PM
The Dundee 3E Tour - Saturday 18th of May 4.00 - 5.30 PM

Booking is essential through Eventbrite
https://dundeephotowalks.co.uk/book-your-tour/

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Saturday 18th of May 12.30 - 1.30 PM
๐Ÿ“ Meeting point: Northern end of Seabraes Bridge
๐Ÿ’ฐ Tickets: From ยฃ8 Booking is essential thru Eventbrite.
Four stations, two bridges, two tunnels and a lot of land.

On this tour I will be talking about how the railways changed Dundee including:
- The Dundee - Newtyle Line and the Law Tunnel + incline
- Dundee East Station and the big stink
- The three stations of Dundee West
- The Tay Rail Bridge Disaster - the causes and lessons learnt
- Tay Bridge Station and the Dock Street Tunnel
- How to build a new station entrance and hotel above the busy east coast mainline.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ.๐Ÿฌ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Saturday 18th of May 2.00 - 3.30 PM
๐Ÿ“ Meeting point: V&A Sign.
๐Ÿ’ฐ Tickets: From ยฃ8 Booking is essential thru Eventbrite.
A guided walking tour about Dundeeโ€™s ยฃ1.6 billion make over and other points of interest along the way.

Whatโ€™s gone
- Tayside House
- Hilton Hotel
- Olympia Leisure Centre

Whatโ€™s been done
- The V&A Design Museum
- Dundee Railway Station
- Waterfront Place
- Slessor Gardens

Whatโ€™s to come
- The Eden Project
- Project Safe Haven (HMS Unicorn)
- The eSports Arena

Plus
- Tay Road Bridge
- RRS Discovery
- The Royal + cardboard Arch
- The log pavillion
- North Carr Lightship
- Modular construction

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Saturday 18th of May 4.00 - 5.30 PM
๐Ÿ“ Meeting point: V&A Sign
๐Ÿ’ฐ Tickets: from ยฃ8. Booking is essential thru Eventbrite.
A guided walking tour about energy, engineering and exploration.

๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜†:
- Jackup drilling rigs
- Offshore wind farms

๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:
How they built
- V&A Design Musem
- Dundee Railway Station
- Tay Road Bridge
What caused the Tay Rail Bridge disaster

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:
- The adventures of the RRS Discovery

The most dramatic Northern Lights occur when the sun sneezes (coronal mass ejections) and it emits up to a million tonne...
13/05/2024

The most dramatic Northern Lights occur when the sun sneezes (coronal mass ejections) and it emits up to a million tonnes of charged particles.

The Northern Lights* are caused by charged particles from the sun hitting gases in the Earthโ€™s atmosphere around the North Pole when particles interact with the Earthโ€™s magnetic field.

* the same thing happens at the South Pole.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€?
Molecular nitrogen makes up about 78% of the earthโ€™s atmosphere (two nitrogen atoms joined together). Molecular oxygen makes up about 21% (two oxygen atoms joined together). However higher up lone oxygen atoms are floating about and they play a major role in giving up the beautiful colours of the northern lights.

Red - emitted by excited atomic oxygen O above 150 miles
Green โ€“ emitted by excited atomic oxygen O below 150 miles
Purple - emitted by ionised molecular Nitrogen N2 above 60 miles
Blue - emitted by ionised molecular Nitrogen N2 below 60 miles

Red, purple and blue are only seen with intense solar activity such as when the sun sneezes.

Red โ€“ Low concentration of atomic oxygen at high altitudes
Green โ€“ Higher concentration of atomic oxygen at lower altitudes so most commonly seen.
Purple and Blue โ€“ Light emitted from molecular nitrogen as atomic oxygen is uncommon at low altitudes

๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป?
The good news is the sun has an 11 year cycle of solar activity and we are approaching its peak so they will be more activity but probably not such big sun sneeze. The bad news is as summer approaches in the northern hemishere astronomical twilight is getting shorter so in some areas the sky may not get dark enough to see them. On Friday the sky was only dark enough between 11.00 PM โ€“ 3.00 AM in the UK.

You need a clear dark sky to the north to see them. Low cloud and light pollution will ruin the show.

Many thanks to Affelia Wibisono for the brilliant analogy of the sun sneeze which I spotted in an article on the BBC website.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4n16m2k45jo

I picked the wrong night for an early night on Friday sio this photo was taken near Dundee in March 2016, I only realised today you could see some red above the much stronger green.

Feel to share your photos in the comments below.

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒOne sign of progress is the site has been cleared of vegetation as there was...
10/05/2024

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ
One sign of progress is the site has been cleared of vegetation as there was quite a collection of Buddleja davidii (summer lilac, butterfly-bush) * on the boundary near the bus depot. So now itโ€™s easier to see any progress.

But if you want to know more about the plan and challenges of the transformation of this brown field site you will need to join me for a guided walking tour โ€“ The Dundee 2.0 Tour.

https://dundeephotowalks.co.uk/book-your-tour/

* This plant was originally from the Sichuan and Hubei provinces in central China, and it is considered an invasive species in UK, Ireland and New Zealand. Itโ€™s flowers may attract butterflies but you will see it growing in some rather unusual places.

07/05/2024

A little promo video for this weekends guided walking tours.
The Dundee 3E Tour - Saturday 11th of May 2.00 - 3.30 PM
The Dundee 2.0 Tour - Saturday 11th of May 4.00 - 5.30 PM
The Dundee Railway Tour - Sunday 12th of May 2.00 - 3.00 PM
Booking is essential through Eventbrite
https://dundeephotowalks.co.uk/book-your-tour/

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Saturday 11th of May 2.00 - 3.30 PM
๐Ÿ“ Meeting point: V&A Sign
๐Ÿ’ฐ Tickets: from ยฃ8. Booking is essential thru Eventbrite.

A guided walking tour about energy, engineering and exploration.

๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜†:
- Jackup drilling rigs
- Offshore wind farms

๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:
How they built
- V&A Design Musem
- Dundee Railway Station
- Tay Road Bridge
What caused the Tay Rail Bridge disaster

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:
- The adventures of the RRS Discovery

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ.๐Ÿฌ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Saturday 11th of May 4.00 - 5.30 PM
๐Ÿ“ Meeting point: V&A Sign.
๐Ÿ’ฐ Tickets: From ยฃ8 Booking is essential thru Eventbrite.

A guided walking tour about Dundeeโ€™s ยฃ1.6 billion make over and other points of interest along the way.

Whatโ€™s gone
- Tayside House
- Hilton Hotel
- Olympia Leisure Centre

Whatโ€™s been done
- The V&A Design Museum
- Dundee Railway Station
- Waterfront Place
- Slessor Gardens

Whatโ€™s to come
- The Eden Project
- Project Safe Haven (HMS Unicorn)
- The eSports Arena

Plus
- Tay Road Bridge
- RRS Discovery
- The Royal + cardboard Arch
- The log pavillion
- North Carr Lightship
- Modular construction

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Sunday 12th of May 2.00 - 3.00 PM
๐Ÿ“ Meeting point: Northern end of Seabraes Bridge
๐Ÿ’ฐ Tickets: From ยฃ8 Booking is essential thru Eventbrite.

Four stations, two bridges, two tunnels and a lot of land.
On this tour I will be talking about how the railways changed Dundee including:
- The Dundee - Newtyle Line and the Law Tunnel + incline
- Dundee East Station and the big stink
- The three stations of Dundee West
- The Tay Rail Bridge Disaster - the causes and lessons learnt
- Tay Bridge Station and the Dock Street Tunnel
- How to build a new station entrance and hotel above the busy east coast mainline.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒLast year Arnold Clark sponsored the tartan exhibition and had a car with tartan paint job outside the V...
03/05/2024

๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ
Last year Arnold Clark sponsored the tartan exhibition and had a car with tartan paint job outside the V&A. This year they are also sponsoring the Kimono exhibition but the car is inside with a Japanese themed paint job.

So for a chance to win a ยฃ250 Love2shop voucher
When you are visiting The V&A Design Museum, take a photo of this car, post your photo on social media with the hashtag



Good luck!

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