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Welcome to the Three Nations Rover Gallery. This page features a selection of photos from the Webmaster's Railtour across Southern Scotland, the North of England and North Wales in January 2006. |
| Dawn over Edinburgh | ||
 This view looks east over the rooftops of Edinburgh's Old Town apartments towards Salisbury Crags and the extinct volcano of Arthur's Seat, as another winter's day dawns. |
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| Ayr | ||
 This picture looks west along the River Ayr towards the Atlantic Ocean and is taken from the Old Bridge in the town of Ayr. |
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| Ailsa Craig | ||
 The enormous bulk of Ailsa Craig is seen around ten miles offshore from the town of Girvan on the Ayrshire coast. This rocky island rises over 1100ft out of the sea and is visible for miles around. |
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| Llandudno | ||
  TOP LEFT: This view looks south east along the length of one of Llandudno's fine beaches. TOP RIGHT: Looking north west along the beach at Llandudno, with the Great Orme dominating the backdrop.   BOTTOM LEFT: Taken from Llandudno's Western Esplanade, the low sun radiates over the coast, with the hills of Snowdonia behind.BOTTOM RIGHT: The semaphore gantry at the throat of Llandudno Station is silhouetted by the winter's sun |
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| Sunrise over Manchester | ||
 The view at 8am from the Webmaster's apartment in Manchester, with a tower crane silhouetted against the rising sun. |
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| Buxton by rail | ||
The rail journey through the Pennine Hills to Buxton in Derbyshire's Peak District National Park is one of northern England's scenic routes. These photos were taken en route to the spa town.   LEFT: The village of Chapel-en-le-Frith is seen here nestling in the dale through the grubby windows of the train, with the Pennine Hills evident in the background. RIGHT: Rolling countryside and dry-stone walls surround the rural Dove Holes station. |
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| Buxton Spa | ||
  TOP LEFT: Buxton's Opera House stands adjacent to the Pavillion Gardens. TOP RIGHT: The Pavillion is pictured here from the attractive gardens, located in the centre of town.   CENTRE LEFT: Like other English Spa towns, Buxton features much elegent Georgian architecture.CENTRE RIGHT: Pavillion Gardens provide an ideal spot in which to walk, relax or feed the many birds that can be found within the park.  RIGHT: This isolated section of wall is all that remains of a grander structure that made up the original Buxton Station and clearly shows the name of the long defunct London & North Western Railway Company. |
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| New Brighton | ||
 The photogenic lighthouse at New Brighton, at the mouth of the Mersey, is seen here with an industrial backdrop on the eastern bank of the river. |
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