Tayport in the evening sun.

Changeable day, cloudy and sunny, brightening later.

A restful day. Went for an evening walk along the shore at Broughty Ferry. Noticed that the sun was shining brightly on the harbour and the houses over at Tayport so, with my trusty 70-300mm lens, I zoomed across the river for this photograph.

Tayport is a small town on the south bank of the Tay. It was originally known as Ferry-Port on Craig. A ferry service across the Tay was already well established when these lands were granted to the newly formed Arbroath Abbey about 1180. The abbey constructed shelter and lodgings for pilgrims making the trip between St Andrews and Arbroath via the ferry and this formed the core of a settlement that steadily grew over the centuries.

The town saw a dramatic increase in population at the end of the 18th century when tenants displaced by agricultural improvement and clearances, came to take advantage of jobs in the town's textile and shipbuilding industries.

Nowadays, it probably serves as an attractive town to live in while people commute across the river to Dundee. The harbour is mainly a marina for pleasure craft.

The excitement continues apace in Glasgow and elsewhere with Scotland winning more medals than ever before at the Commonwealth Games.