Scotland: Dundee
Oct. 21st, 2023 11:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitWe spent four nights in Perth and then moved onto Dundee for three nights.
Dundee is also on the River Tay, but further down river, so its broader:
It's also the home of the Discovery, which was Robert Scott's vessel for his first voyage to the Antarctic. It was built like a whaling ship, because they had found that whaling ships were good at standing up to conditions in the South Atlantic (and Dundee had been the centre of the whaling trade). Because they could only carry a limited amount of coal for the engines, it also had sails so that as much as possible of the journey could be done under sail.
There's an interesting museum which looks at the voyage to the Antarctic and to subsequent travels there. It also has a tower which provides a panoromic view over Dundee:
Next to the Discovery is the Dundee V&A museum, which was the last place we visited. It has a big exhibition on local arts and crafts over the years. There was also a paid exhibition on tartan, both the beginnings and also how its developed and moved worldwide. There's even an opportunity to try making your own tartan pattern:
The V&A building is designed to ressemble a ship and has a terrace which looks across the River Tay:
Our return journey took us across the Forth rail bridge, so here is the Firth of Forth:
Dundee is also on the River Tay, but further down river, so its broader:
It's also the home of the Discovery, which was Robert Scott's vessel for his first voyage to the Antarctic. It was built like a whaling ship, because they had found that whaling ships were good at standing up to conditions in the South Atlantic (and Dundee had been the centre of the whaling trade). Because they could only carry a limited amount of coal for the engines, it also had sails so that as much as possible of the journey could be done under sail.
There's an interesting museum which looks at the voyage to the Antarctic and to subsequent travels there. It also has a tower which provides a panoromic view over Dundee:
Next to the Discovery is the Dundee V&A museum, which was the last place we visited. It has a big exhibition on local arts and crafts over the years. There was also a paid exhibition on tartan, both the beginnings and also how its developed and moved worldwide. There's even an opportunity to try making your own tartan pattern:
The V&A building is designed to ressemble a ship and has a terrace which looks across the River Tay:
Our return journey took us across the Forth rail bridge, so here is the Firth of Forth:
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Date: 2023-10-21 05:55 pm (UTC)