QE2 Visits South Queensferry, Scotland, August 15th 2005

Well some of us cant afford the time or money to actually go on QE2, but I did manage to take a day off work to go and see her.  Since her last visit I have invested in a decent camera with an 8x optical zoom which made all the difference!

She looked beautiful, as always, and from this distance she might have been brand new - she looks immaculate - gleaming white, black and red.  Some of the foreign crew were in the town and looked happy - although whether that was delight at being in a grey, wet Scotland or just to be on solid ground for a while I don't know- I'd imagine their shipboard experience isn't quite as good as the passengers... 
Shoreside viewers were mostly elderly Scottish folk who obviously felt great pride in 'their' ship although I'm not sure if the passengers coming ashore for a trip in to Edinburgh knew the significance.