This is the (in)famous Forth Rail Bridge over the Firth of Forth just north of Edinburgh. I was up in St Andrews visiting friends and stopped off in Queensferry a nice little scottish town which is in between the two Forth Bridges (the other is a newer suspension bridge and is the road bridge). Anyway - this bridge requires constant re-painting, and it all has to do with the salt water in the estuary i am led to beleive. Firstly the salt water (and general climate up there) makes for a very difficult paint durability, so it needs constant re-application (they get to one end of the bridge and have to start again - i have NEVER seen the bridge without scaffolding on it). But it needs to be done to protect the metal beneath it, because of, again, the sea salt being more corrosive than freshwater. So anyway - that is a little tidbit on the Forth Rail Bridge... you go over this bridge on the train going north from Edinburgh - so i know it both from seeing it from the road and actually being on it each time i travelled up to st andrews by train. Taken from the pebble beach just outside queensferry in the freezing cold this morning. There was ice on the road - so it cant have been much above 0! =S Thanks for taking a look. Enjoy! Rich