Just have a look at this incredible location right behind me.
You can see the Forth Rail Bridge.
That's the one further away and closer the Forth Road Bridge.
Just over there, out of shot is the Queensferry Crossing. Yes.
All three of the crossings across the Firth of Forth? Yes.
Today I'm here at Port Edgar.
Haven't been here before, but I believe that it's a beautiful marina
to walk around, have a look at the yachts and also a great place
to grab a burger at a restaurant called Down the Hatch.
So fancy joining me for a wander around Port Edgar and a burger by the bridges.
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Here's a little timeline for you.
The Forth Rail Bridge was built in 1890.
Yeah, 1890.
All those years ago.
What an incredible structure.
Now I'm going to take you for a closer look at the rail bridge
later on in the vlog.
So do please stick around.
The Forth Road Bridge was built
and opened in 1963, and this one is the Queensferry Crossing,
the most recent road bridge, opened in 2017.
So here at Port Edgar, you've got great views of all three of the Forth Bridges.
The Rail Bridge, the original Road Bridge and the latest Road Bridge, the
Queensferry Crossing.
So there's quite a lot to see here at Port Edgar.
There's a set of shops, restaurants, which you will get to.
And what I'm going to do now is going to have a walk
out onto the marina, see if we can find any really posh yachts
to look at.
There's plenty of information down here about the local
flora and fauna, what to watch out for.
And a little bit of the history of Port Edgar.
Now, it's very windy today.
I hope you can actually hear this.
And it's very, very changeable.
One minute and it's sunny the next minute it's dark clouds,
typical Edinburgh, really.
Alright, let's walk out onto the marina itself.
Isn't this incredible how it's framed by those two colossal bridges?
What an incredible location this is.
Oh, my goodness.
What's about to happen?
I think I just got video
bombed!
There's
quite a lot of work going on here on the marina.
So I'm not actually allowed to walk too much further out along the jetty.
But the view from here is just spectacular however far
I walk.
Well, I think I'm ready for my burger.
So it's time to go and find this restaurant called Down the Hatch.
It's over there in the Port Edgar
centre.
There is a more upmarket restaurant here called Scott's.
And if you've got smoked salmon, you've got citrus seared scallops,
porterhouse steak, spicy pork tostada, breast of duck.
This would be worth coming of an evening, I think.
But I've heard good things about Down the Hatch's burgers.
So that's where we're going today.
Well, the music is quite loud in his room,
and I have to keep talking so that I don't get a copyright strike.
So Down the Hatch, they've got a great selection of burgers.
But I'm just going to go for their signature Hatch Burger.
Oh, my goodness.
Take a look at this burger and all these fries.
Let's go in for one of these fabulous chips.
Well, they're actually skinny fries, but
always chips to me.
Crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside.
Absolutely perfect.
I mean, that is a handful, isn't that?
My goodness?
Beef patty, crispy bacon, lettuce, onions, tomatoes
and pickles, gherkins!
Now, that is a very tasty burger
and the bacon is really, really crispy as well.
I'm not sure the sauce they've put on.
It's not your standard mayo.
It's definitely a sort of ranch, almost to maybe a slight barbecue here,
but absolutely delicious.
Quite washed down as always by
hot cup of Americano
Coffee.
That is a really nice, strong, flavourful cup of coffee.
I'm really impressed so far.
Well, that food is well and truly gone Down the Hatch.
I can wholeheartedly recommend that place for a fabulous burger.
Now, I paid £18.75 for the burger, the fries,
the cup of coffee, and a bottle of fizzy water.
So on a par with the likes of Five Guys, I think price wise,
not compared to Five Guys flavour wise, Down the Hatch was so much better.
That saucy they put in the burger was absolutely delicious.
Now don't go anywhere.
We're going to go and have a look at that fantastic Forth
Rail Bridge built, as I said, in 1890.
It's incredible.
Let's go take a look
right there,
right underneath the Forth Rail Bridge.
Now, this is Hound Point Terminal here in South Queensferry.
And if we wander along the jetty here, we're going to get a fabulous view
of the bridge.
So it's cleared up a bit now.
Blue skies again, much better.
You can see those fantastic
cantilevered arches of the Forth Rail Bridge.
Incredible engineering.
What would absolutely put the icing on the cake now would be
if an LNER Azuma train came hurtling across the bridge,
fingers crossed.
If you're staying in Edinburgh it's well worth
coming out here to South Queensferry.
You can hop on a Firth of Forth Boat trip.
Obviously, you can see the fabulous bridges, but
the little village of Queensferry itself is well worth a walk around.
Typical, isn't it? I'm waiting for a train to come.
And absolutely nothing.
As soon as I walk off the pier, you can guarantee three will come at once.
And here we are with a perfect view of the rail bridge and the 1960s road bridge.
Right here from Queensferry itself.
And finally, a train,
not an LNER Azuma, but a train nonetheless.
In fact, there's
another one.
Well, I had to come and touch the Forth Rail Bridge.
What is it? I always say?
Feel the power of history.
Well,
thanks for joining me for this little canter around Port Edgar
and South Queensferry and those fantastic,
fantastic Forth Bridges.
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