A rare glimpse at the view from the VERY TOP of The Forth Bridge!

[@K1W1fly]

Great work Alicja! (official stunt camera crew) The bridge is certainly an impressive bit of engineering, and the views look incredible.

[@katesterly547]

Agreed Steve. She's VERY brave!!!

[@mstrdiver]

@@katesterly547- At the top of the bridge as Alicja was walking about and panning the camera, @ 04:35, did anyone else start looking for her moving around? Then, comes the dawn, Alicja is behind the camera! I get so used to Steve handling the camera. ;-)

[@SimplyGobsmacked]

Alicja: Climbing to the top of the Forth Bridge so we don't have to. You're a good sport, Alicja, thanks for taking one for the team!

[@jbarry55]

Hi Steve, my dad watches your channel and showed me and my sister this video because the three of us were actually in the group that was stuck at the top in the lift that day! We were stuck up there for nearly two hours, it was pretty terrifying and eventually the emergency brake was used to bring us down. Amazing views at the top thought 😂

[@steve-marsh]

No way!!!! After listening to Alicja's stories and editing this video, I can't begin to imagine what that was like!!!

[@suebrown436]

Well, I am full of admiration for Alicja. Had no idea there was a platform like that at the top. Alicja took some marvellous video and gave us the full feeling of what it was like to be up there. Wow!!

[@steve-marsh]

She did so well being able to film it as well eh!?

[@Colin32269]

I build scaffolding here in Canada,you forget about the heights after you become confident in your abilities and 100%trusting of your safety harness.Great video gurl!

[@simonwhitlock9189]

Hats off to Alicja for her bravery it is more than I could do, when she stepped out at the top I felt my guts clench and had to keep my eyes shut for most of the video I did look now and then and the views are spectacular, it's funny I have flown in very turbulent air and did not bat an eyelid but the thought of standing up on that deck turns my blood to ice water, well we are all different. Thanks for the video one day when I have had a wee dram to brace myself I will watch it again in full, cheers for now and stay safe.

[@steve-marsh]

I'm with you there Simon!

[@wayneeschbank2895]

Great bridge and even better video from the top thank you Alicja but I could not do it I'll stay on the ground with Steve

[@steve-marsh]

Glad to hear I'm not the only one! :)

[@Mikey_0007]

Alicja, you were awesome there! Scary stuff!!!

[@Thomas-cp6qe]

Many congratulations to Alicja for taking on such a scary ride. Theres no place to hide up there from the exposure of the wind, train vibrations and the sheer open expanse of the view. I'd like to think I could do it but I know I couldn't. I'd need to be sedated. Well done Alicja!!!

[@steve-marsh]

Here here! :)

[@patriciagale955]

Well done, l'm with Steve, no way.Alicia the brave.Great video, thanks

[@Bellaboo77]

Wow ...well done Alicja you are one brave girl, and you filmed this beautifully, thankyou for sharing these wonderful views with us ... Steve I understand your concern there is no way I could've done this either.... What a fabulous team you are, so professional ...huge thankyou to both of you ...looking forward to the next one 😊💕😊

[@steve-marsh]

Thanks Myra! Can't believe she was able to go up there AND film the whole thing! :)

[@davehughes72]

Great video as always guys. congratulations to, Alicja The Brave. 👏🍻

[@steve-marsh]

Cheers Dave!

[@gavinhind5521]

Well Steve if there was ever confimation needed Alicja is one Crazy Crazy Lady - even without the wee dance she gives It was FAB to see her up on the top - was surprised she didnt take a spanner to take the scafoldoing apart. I hope you treated her well for taking your space. Very Much a 10/10 VG and a definate FAB

[@steve-marsh]

She did me proud Gavin, and being able to film up there as well, what a girl! :)

[@chrissaltmarsh6777]

Wow! For some reason, watching heights on video makes my toes tingle. Bit of a tinglefest, that.

[@andymack5093]

Well done, Aicja!!, and to the organisers (not least the scaffies!) too. A fantastic tribute to Scottish Engineering, especially when you think when it was built! Thank you for another great video Alicja and Steve.

[@jackwatsonepic626]

Yes " 1882 what a marvellous feat of engineering 👍

[@JohnWilliams-n7s]

When the author gets on the east side of pond, the Forth Rail Bridge is where he's bound. Absolutely an impressive and enduring structure, particularly when considering its build date. Regarding shaking of the Forth cantilever bridge due to passing rail traffic, the Huey Long Bridge at New Orleans, a cantilever structure carrying NOPB railroad, along with US highway 90, across Mississippi River, is known to vibrate, when trains are on deck. Further upriver, the dual carriageway (four-lane) cantilever Interstate 20 bridge at Vicksburg, has been personally felt by the author shaking, when one carriageway is stopped, and the other carriageway active. The I-20 bridge does not have a rail line on its deck.

[@gaoeykreg]

What a treat, thank you! You’re braver than me Alicja! I’ll stand with Steve 😁.

[@pkjlr77]

Brilliant, so pleased Alicija got to go after being unable to earlier in the day. The views were stunning. Must have been quite scary when the lift stopped on the way down. Has to be the most stunning bridge in the world for sure.

[@seanavery7265]

Thank you Alicia and Steve for bring me up .love from England.💗🚂

[@johnallan4826]

Such a rare treat glad you caught it

[@donmac6690]

Thanks Steve & Alicja for another great video. Awesome!

[@rabh6746]

I'm like you Steve, no way would I go up there and I wouldn't even get in the lift to start with as I'm claustrophobic also! Alicia is one brave girl and especially as she braved it on a windy day, the view from up there is just incredible👌I know what its like just cycling over the road bridge when its windy, its bloody scary🤣Awesome video once again mate👍Thank you to Alicia for the awesome coverage👍

[@poppyk6182]

Me too 😳 Yikes! 😢

[@steve-marsh]

Thanks from both of us, especially from the girl brave enough to actually do it :)

[@peterjhillier7659]

What a grand Experience, Alicja has lot's of Courage, well done, mind I fancy she was glad to get safely down.

[@jillchapman286]

Wow! Brave girl! I would've been down at the bottom with you, Steve. Thanks for taking us along, Alicja.

[@kennethbell54]

What a brave lassie. Well done. All the best from Thailand.

[@TXMEDRGR]

Congratulations Alicja, not everyone has the nerve to do that. Thanks for sharing your accomplishment with us.

[@elainehowell2836]

It is nice to see you and Alicia having a good time up on the bridge and I bet it is nice to see every view round the bridge and it is cloudy day

[@ZL54JK8]

Well done, Alicja and Steve! One of your best videos. They're all great to watch, but this one was riveting. 6.5 million rivets in the Forth Bridge, give or take a couple either way. What a marvel of 19th. century engineering the bridge is. It was to have been a very different structure, however. Sir Thomas Bouch was the engineering genius of the time, and he had been commissioned to build the bridge. His recent rail bridge over the Tay was highly acclaimed by all-until it collapsed one night in a storm. That was the end of his commission to build a bridge over the Forth, and it was to be the end of Bouch himself, who died a broken and devastated man. I would love to have taken that trip to the top and seen these unique views captured by Alicja. Huge thanks to you both for bringing the experience to me, and all your other appreciative subscribers.

[@steve-marsh]

Thanks so much for this comment!

[@dcallan812]

Ohh bugger that I find it bad enough using the road bridge. Alicja thank you for the view ❤

[@barbp8736]

I got that roller coaster feeling in my tummy watching this. A great experience for Alicja. I think she's part mountain goat anyway.

[@steve-marsh]

Haha love it :D

[@1954alister]

Brave girl. No way could I go up there. Great video and superb views

[@tenorclef4090]

Those views were absolutely stunning! Thank you to the brave Alicja for making that trip so that I’ll never have to.

[@JettaJack]

Hey Alicia, you’ve got a theme to go on! Bridge walking. Next stop Sydney

[@paulpuckerinGM]

Hairy scary video! That lift is ridiculous. That was the risky part. 😊 Cracking video guys. Be well stay safe.

[@steve-marsh]

When I saw the lift going up I knew I'd made the right choice not to be in it :)

[@paulpuckerinGM]

@@steve-marsh 100% mate terra firma all the way! ;-)

[@davidread1287]

I always enjoy watching the two of you on your adventures. But sorry Steve, my thumbs up today is just for Alicja !

[@jamesvanian5524]

Have travelled across that bridge many times on the way to Montrose and our holidays. Have also been across the old Forth Road Bridge. Thanks for a great video, it brings back some happy memories. Keep well and safe. James.

[@sandiandgregh]

Way to go Alicja! We did the 3 bridges cruise the day before your adventure. I’d definitely go to the top but my husband says, like Steve, he’ll stick to ground level or admiring the views from a cruise. Thanks for taking us along as usual!

[@1619APB]

Congratulations, Alicja, on your certificate for being a courageous woman! Fantastic construction, built by 'briggers' in a time with no modern machinery. Great to see this kind of thing!

[@steve-marsh]

She braver than me!

[@MichaelWilde.pushbikegraddad]

Delegation Steve matey, nowt wrong with sending your beloved , another great video, incidentally, my father was based under the bridges , Royal Navy, early 1960s.

[@steve-marsh]

What a base! Aye, was glad to hand the camera over for this one mate!

[@lindashoemaker8940]

Good morning Steve and Alicja, Alicja 👍OMG you are the best I can’t believe you went to the top of that bridge I don’t know what was the scariest the elevator or the height 😧Steve you owe Alicja for another great video stay safe you guys see you soon😘

[@steve-marsh]

She did me and the channel proud once again Linda :)

[@morganjamieson5920]

Woah! Absolutely brilliant video again Steve!

[@doubledutch13]

Simply awesome, 10/10 ❤❤

[@steve-marsh]

Cheers John from us both!

[@adamworthington8208]

Hi @Steve Marsh, Am from Central Coast NSW, Australia. Have really enjoyed watching the videos on your channel. Am visiting London, Scotland and Ireland in March 2023. Just wondered if you could do a video on accessibility ♿️ on trains, ferries for your fans who use crutches, wheelchairs etc. Maybe you could try some of the other ferry services (Holyhead to Dublin, Liverpool to Ireland etc. Keep the adventures coming, and thanks for all the hard work you put into your videos. Alicja is one brave lady up there with that wind. Cheers Adam

[@steve-marsh]

Cheers Adam, will see what I can do, thanks for watching the videos and all the best for your trip!

[@craigmccamley]

Well done Alicja!! Steve...ya big fearty :) To be fair I felt a bit queasy just watching.

[@steve-marsh]

Haha I stick by my faerdiness :D

[@BoadiceanTruth]

Oh Alicja dear girl! How wonderful! I would love to go up there! And I wouldn't mind the shaky bits or the lift pausing! Just brillant! Well done and thank you. 🙋🇨🇮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙏

[@anthonypaterson7066]

Many thanks to Alicja for this fantastic vid from so high up on a windy day.

[@steve-marsh]

She crazy! :D

[@jmitch5161]

I absolutely love this bridge, but omg I couldn't have even stepped foot in the lift, never mind go up top. I got claustrophobia and vertigo just watching. Well done!!

[@ManxAndy]

Superb job Alicja….what a fantastic opportunity, ive only ever witnessed the bridge from Steve’s view as well….I would love to up there……👍🇮🇲💪

[@bullerboy22]

WOW !!!!! That was amazing, fair play Alicja and well done !!!!! I would have been with you Steve, I could not have done that 😯

[@MaddoggLegges]

Great camera work Alicja, on the trains passing too underneath. Many a time on way to Angus thinking what the view would be like from up there!

[@andrewpreston4127]

Well, that was lovely..., thank you both very much.

[@BarneyLeith]

Congratulations, Alicja! Even just watching the video got my heart pumping - I don't like heights. But it's amazing to be in that area, with major engineering projects from three centuries.

[@truebrit3578]

Great video and thanks to Alicja for going up there. “Behind every great man is an exhausted woman.”Lady Sam Fairbairn

[@caroldave4037]

Folks you really are cranking out some cracking vids 👌👌👌

[@steve-marsh]

Cheers guys!

[@gdparry2727]

Alicja even makes a high-vis and hard-hat look good. Super trooper.

[@judym5822]

Really enjoyed this Steve. Alicja you are amazing, just no fear in you. Thank you for sharing your trip to the top of the bridge and for the absolutely stunning views. ❤ xx

[@steve-marsh]

Thanks Judy! All credit to the brave one :)

[@johnallan4826]

Great views thanks Alicia

[@roroger2402]

Wow! Super work Alicia, what a thrill that would have been.

[@wboyle9721]

This bridge is just a marvel

[@johnavery3941]

Steve I am 100% with you, no danger of me ever going up there, fair play to Alicja for doing it though although that proves she is completely mad so keep those kitchen knives securely locked.

[@steve-marsh]

Haha I'm hiding them as we speak :D

[@MrJckDoo]

Well done Alicja, the trains passing uderneath you were like toy trains! What an outstanding view 360°. Scary or not you kept going! 👑👑. I used to have a head for heights, but not anymore. Congratulations. 🥂🥂

[@keith800]

Congratulations to Alicia ,she earned her certificate that day , incredible view at the top makes you so admire those who built the Forth bridge and the scaffolders who built those platforms and walkways as well.

[@katesterly547]

I absolutely could not have done that. Congratulations Alicja. I was doing a lot of "oh noing", hard swallowing, making sure my feet were still on the ground, and everything else you do when you want to make sure you're not high up and going to die. I did manage to take a couple of peeks and the views are amazing. I have to admit I'm part of the poultry. Be well, Stay safe, Fly High Alicja, love from Texas.

[@steve-marsh]

What a girl eh Kate? So proud of her :)

[@RadekPogoda]

Now we’re talking about spectacular views! Alicia - kudos for a fantastic video and… b***s of steel :)

[@julieugo4407]

Hahaaaa good one Radek,, 🤣🤣

[@peterdnreynolds777]

Brilliant vlog as always 👍🏻 an amazing piece of engineering and brilliant views too. Well done to Alicja. Hope all is well, take care of yourselves

[@RichardFelstead1949]

Well done Alicja.I almost got vertigo just watching it. Thanks for sharing. Hi from Australia.

[@steve-marsh]

She did me proud, without her bravery this video simply wouldn't have happened :D

[@DaveyPalmer1]

Incredible. Thanks for this Alicja. What an awesome, unforgettable experience and I must try it myself someday. I'll share this on Twitter now 👍

[@steve-marsh]

Cheers for sharing Davey, really appreciate it!

[@Doctom1515]

Wow great job Alicja!!..not sure I would of gone up either Steve..great views though ..she is a brave soul ..it’s been a few years since I’ve been up the top of the EMPIRE STATE BUILDING in NYC..Anyway..great job ..fantastic quick video..that creaking elevator would give me a nightmare for years to come ..lol..Great job as always Steve !!

[@steve-marsh]

Cheers mate!

[@derekbrune8545]

Brave lady Alicja!! What special views!!

[@merryannmac8096]

Wonderful trip, you two. It was fun just sitting by my computer, in Minnesota whilst you went "up", Alicja! Wasn't scary a wee bit. Now I can say I was at the top of the Fourth, too. You are so wonderful to do these special trips. Merry Ann from Minnesota.

[@lovinedinburgh]

such a brave girl, Alicja!! thank you very much indeed for sharing such a view!!!

[@AR-ov2nr]

Made my stomach tingle - and i'm sitting on a stool in my kitchen !! Great stuff.

[@paulharvey9149]

Well done, Alicja - thanks for making it possible for all of us vertigo suffers to convince ourselves that we've made the right decision to not go there...! But, do you know, when I was about ten, in primary school in Fife - the teacher once said to the class, "Hands up everyone who honestly thought that the trains ran over the outer edges of the Forth Bridge when they were younger - and 26 out of 28 of us put our hands up! I was SO disappointed the first time I realised that the trains went on the level and through the middle of the cantilevers! (I remember thinking how the locomotives must have been really powerful to be able to pull their trains up such a steep angle - and wondering how on earth they managed to go slow enough down the other side to be able to cross those bridges between them... Steve - I'd have been with you with both feet on terra firma mate - worrying about her all the time... I mean, you look positively ill when she's back down and you're walking together - deep breaths required mate - the diaphragmatic sort...! Seriously - I'm not laughing - you were probably in shock, especially when you saw the lift getting stuck on the way down... maybe you'd do well to learn how to do that in case of future emergencies... But it's all over now - and you got her back in one piece; so, no need to allow the footage to re-traumatise you...

[@steve-marsh]

Haha I was the same Paul!!! And very happy with my decision to stay on terra firma! :)

[@bernicebest]

OMG. Steve don’t mention hight’s and lifts in the same sentence 😮I’ve been stuck more than once in a lift & stood under the Forth Bridge but never over it! the sound of the wind gave me chills! I’m writing this with my eyes half closed! You and Alicja are real dare devils, as well as being brave, it’s an awesome video, but no thanks! having had a fifteen foot Indian Python round my shoulders was nothing compared to this, I did brave the ‘Eiffel Tower’ on my honeymoon sixty years ago 🫣 that was magical though 💗thanks again for going the extra mile both of you, even if it was ‘up’ a great souvenir photo Alicja, I think the brave men that have to cope with maintaining the bridge deserve medals 🏅 take care until next time 🥀🤗👋

[@steve-marsh]

She did so well :) Hey, I remember the Eiffel Tower, it was a terrifying experience!

[@bernicebest]

@@steve-marsh You mean you actually went up the ‘Eiffel Tower’ Steve! I bet you didn’t go up the extension piece on the top, that was extra scary! 🫣I wouldn’t have done it without the encouragement of my new husband! 😘 not sure if Health & Safety would let you do it now! I agree Alicja did very well to master that gigantic construction, that took some guts! she looked a little apprehensive coming back down in the lift! 🙄

[@hoof2001]

Can you even begin to imagine what it’s like for the scaffolders putting that together??? 😱😱. My palms are sweating just watching this

[@steve-marsh]

Haha so true John!

[@pete_bluscorp7718]

Great stuff Alicia, can’t be a legend at everything Steve, thx team

[@kitecrewireland]

Fantastic video and probably the only way I will see it ! Well done Alicji great video footage 👏👏and nerves of steel

[@treelimbtlc]

That was so exciting. I would SO do that. Good job Alicja!

[@spangles3654]

Great video once again guys, and full marks for Alicja for having the nerve to go up there. I would rather stand on terra firma and admire this fantastic structure.

[@steve-marsh]

I'm with you there! :)

[@daviddymock4686]

Congratulations Alicja it was very brave of you but no doubt well worth it for the amazing views👍i remember when i was about 10 we went across the forth railway bridge for our caravan holiday in Anstruther 😊

[@glenyshillary4195]

I just love this young woman! Steve, you're the luckiest guy In the world. I couldn't have gone up there too. Well done Alicja.

[@steve-marsh]

She is a complete star :)

[@royjennison3916]

Great vid you two , yep no way i am going up there , great to see your wife doing it Steve .

[@jamessmith6402]

Brilliant video and well done Alicja 👍

[@carollehane-bx5ip]

Very very brave Alicja but I'd be the same as Steve and keep my feet firmly on the ground but the views you had were amazing thanks for taking us with you

[@andyrankine500]

Great video and well done to Alicja, I'm not sure that's something I could have done, so consider yourself a Champion :-)

[@georgemacdonald8899]

Coincidentally that is almost exactly the same height you would be at if you were taking a ride to the Moon on an Apollo Saturn V rocket. Thanks Alicja for the beautiful video, so cool to see that!!!!

[@steve-marsh]

What a cool stat!

[@alexmalcolm5577]

Well done Alicja. Amazing view. I would have gone up. Faced much more unsafe basket lifts (snatches) and and sky climber drops to seabed level in my North Sea time.

[@exileinderby51]

You rock Alicja, you wouldn't have got me up there! So well done you and you got some great footage as well.

[@18robsmith]

Having been stuck in a lift that was neither here nor there I share Alicja's trepidation when it stopped on the way down. Great video, and I'm so glad that my great(x??) uncle's work is still standing the test of time :-)

[@steve-marsh]

Superb Rob!

[@DH.2016]

Awesome! Well done, Alicja! What struck me when seeing the view from the top was the audacity of these Victorian engineers all these years ago to build something so massive for that era.

[@optimisticgal]

Brave lady! I was feeling queasy watching ! The lift freaked me out. Great views thank you

[@robbojax2025]

Wonderful video and well done Alicja

[@pamelamoo5306]

Wow that’s was breathtaking, you really are an absolute star ⭐️ ⭐️ Thank you especially from wheelchair 👩🏻‍🦽user like me who would never be able to see that view. I much appreciate you both for the time you take to make these fantastic videos, not one have I viewed would be less that 10/10. Keep up the good work. I was able to get to Staffa this summer,though with a great deal of help from the patient boat crew, a mind blowing experience. Perhaps you could try it one day ? Thanks again,with all good wishes.

[@steve-marsh]

Oh would love to try it Pamela :)

[@marilynstanbury5098]

Thank you for the most amazing video ever. You are so brave to do that, I couldn’t have even gone up in the lift. When it stopped on the way down I felt like I was in it. The structure of the bridge is incredible and I’ve stood near, but now I have been to the top with your video. I just can’t thank you enough. I wish I’d seen this before.

[@steve-marsh]

I agree, she is so brave!

[@lisamckay5058]

We were there, near the bridge but not on top of it, two weeks ago and the weather was just gorgeous. Thank you for this cool look into a fabulous experience!

[@zweispurmopped]

The view really is stunning! I guess I'd have rather have stayed down there with you though, Steve! 😇 Hey, so this here was an Alicja Special, evidence of her heroism!!1! 🤗

[@johnmull59]

Great video. Alicia, you're a brave girl, well done. Hats off to the scaffolders who constructed the platform too!

[@Seasidelive]

Awesome views great job going up and video it.

[@EElgar1857]

Fantastic! I love the bridge, and have been to both ends to look at it, but not on this tour, of course. I also have a fear of heights, but I think I could work up the courage to do it; it looks very safe, actually. Thanks, Steve!

[@AJ-ky9cp]

I'm with you Steve, no way would I have gone up there either. I got vertigo just watching the video. Great footage by Alicja!

[@kurtb8474]

Incredible views! I'm sitting here in the comfort of my desk chair watching this on my computer. And that's enough for me!