Scotland pics 3- a story in architecture

[elegentry]

I am Montjoye of very little brain this evening. Have survived day 1 back at work and am trying to stay awake until normal bedtime. Did manage to visit ferylcheryl on the way home, lovely to see her and family. Hopefully I can use the prewrite living in my head to get this post out.

All these pics come from different places. I like all of them and when strung together they almost make a story.

The sexiest building award goes to... the Canongate Tolbooth in Edinburgh. Built in 1591.



Edinburgh has many fascinating passages/narrow streets leading off the Royal Mile, called Closes.  They have cute names and often fabulous views leading down to New Town. Otherwise you get wonderful angles and interesting courtyards.



Great tunnel from Stirling Castle. I love pics of places leading to other places



See? These steps and doorway are from Craigmillar Castle where I actually got momentarily lost.



And Crypts! I do love a good vault. This is the cemetary crypt that I mentioned early on. it is from a graveyard near Bro's place. Glad this one came out.



I have taken lots of pics of the wonderful nautilus effect given by a stone spiral staircase. This is the underside of the stairs at John Knox's house in Edinburgh dating from about 1490.

Comments

[baronsnorri.livejournal.com]

Lovely photos! Strangely, in one's present frame of mind/hormones, most of them are more than vaguely sexually suggestive. Is it just me (& does it really matter)?

Thank you, dear Montjoye!

[montjoye.livejournal.com]

ah, that was not intended. There is a tower and lots of tunnels though.

[baronsnorri.livejournal.com]

Aah! So, someone else noticed! ; )

Cheers!