No smoke without fire

No smoke without fire, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Burntisland Games 2001

Musicians at the Station

Musicians at the Station, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Musicians at Aberdeen Station

Girdleness Lighthouse Aberdeen

Girdleness Lighthouse Aberdeen, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Situated near Torry in Aberdeen and at the entrance of the River Dee, Girdleness Lighthouse was designed by Robert Stevenson (grandfather to the author of Kidnapped and other novels) and built by James Gibb in 1833. The shipmaster of Aberdeen requested that a light be established at Girdle Ness, Aberdeen following the wrecking of a whaling ship called the Oscar in 1813. There were only 2 survivors from a crew of 45.

Denburn Valley, Aberdeen

Denburn Valley, Aberdeen, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Trees laden with snow

Trees laden with snow, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Queens Cross Parish Church, Albyn Place, Aberdeen

Snow in Albyn Place, Aberdeen

Snow in Albyn Place, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Snow causes traffic gridlock in Albyn Place, Aberdeen

Snow causes traffic gridlock in Albyn Place, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Former Royal High School, Edinburgh

Former Royal High School, Edinburgh, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

The A-listed Old Royal High School building was erected between 1826 and 1829 on the south face of Calton Hill as part of Edinburgh's Acropolis, at a cost to the Town Council of £34,000. Of this £500 was given by HM The King 'as a token of royal favour towards a School, which, as a royal foundation, had conferred for ages incalculable benefits on the community'.

It was designed in a neo-classical Greek Doric style by Thomas Hamilton, who modelled the portico and Great Hall on the Hephaisteion of Athens. Paired with St. George's Hall, Liverpool, as one of the ‘two finest buildings in the kingdom’ by Alexander Thomson in 1866, it has been praised as 'the architect's supreme masterpiece and the finest monument of the Greek revival in Scotland'

Dunnottar Castle

Dunnottar Castle, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Dunnottar Castle is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a precipitous rocky headland on the north-east coast of Scotland, about two miles (3 km) south of Stonehaven. Its surviving buildings are largely of the 15th-16th centuries, but an important fortress certainly existed on this site from Dark Age times. Dunnottar played an important role in the history of Scotland from the Middle Ages through to the Enlightenment, due to its strategic location overlooking the shipping lanes to northern Scotland and also being situated on a fairly narrow coastal terrace that controlled land movements, particularly the land access to the ancient Causey Mounth, the only medieval route from the coastal south via Portlethen Moss to Aberdeen

Time for a Beer

Time for a Beer, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Blowing the pipes can be thirsty work so these guys find a corner to take a break and quench the thirst. World Pipeband Championships 2002

Watching the race

Watching the race, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Cyclist oversees race

Standing out from the crowd

Standing out from the crowd, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Edinburgh Festival Cavalcade 2002

Arms and Legs

Arms and Legs, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Edinburgh Festival Cavalcade 2002

Contortionist

Contortionist, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Edinburgh Festival Cavalcade 2002

Wrestlers

Wrestlers, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Bearsden & Milngavie Highland Games 2004

Sharing a joke

Sharing a joke, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

The rain at Inverkeithing Games does not dampen spirits of the competing Scottish Backhold Wrestlers

Cycles in the Grassmarket

Cycles in the Grassmarket, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Mean Cyclist

Mean Cyclist, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

River Dee, Aberdeen

River Dee, Aberdeen, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Union Square, Aberdeen

Union Square, Aberdeen, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Union Square is a shopping centre located in the centre of Aberdeen, Scotland, which opened to the public on Thursday, 29 October 2009. The centre contains a covered shopping mall and retail park.
Following delays, the developer Hammerson began construction of Union Square in 2007. Costing £250 million, it is one of the largest city centre shopping developments in the United Kingdom and the second largest in Scotland after Glasgow's Buchanan Galleries, with a total retail space of 700000 square feet (65,000 m2).
Located on Guild Street and Market Street, this developments adjoins onto the side of Aberdeen railway station and new bus station creating a transport hub. The mall houses more than 60 shops, up to twelve restaurants, a ten screen 2,300 seat Cineworld cinema (the largest in Aberdeen) and a 3-star Jurys Inn hotel with 203 rooms. The hotel opened on 4 September 2009.

The Pipes Tuner

The Pipes Tuner, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.