Tag: Potarch bridge

• Swimming at Potarch Bridge

  

  We went for a swim at Potarch Bridge today. It was smashing and I realised that it’s the first time I’ve been wild swimming in summer in Scotland. Usually I just do the idiotic thing and submerge myself mid-winter for bragging rights. After all, what’s the point of doing something if you can’t brag about […]

  Rachel M

  July 3, 2021

  Journal

  photos, Potarch bridge, River, River Dee, Royal Deeside, Scotland, swimming

• Potarch Bridge

  

  We visited a lovely bridge over the River Dee today called Potarch Bridge which is about 40 miles west of Aberdeen. It was built by the engineer Thomas Telford in 1811-1813. This is the same Thomas Telford who built the Caledonian Canal and many other bridges all over the UK. I do love an old […]

  Rachel M

  September 27, 2020

  Photos, Scotland, Travel

  Aberdeenshire, Banchory, Dinnie stones, Donald Dinnie, photos, Potarch bridge, River Dee, Thomas Telford