Sunset Walk Along Clyde

I walked along the south bank of the Clyde from our Travelodge, recording the changes in light and colour as the sun set. For the walk back along the north bank, most of the light had left the sky giving long exposures and great reflections.

Glasgow Day 2

Some panoramas, multiexposures and reflections from a walk yesterday from Glasgow city and the Riverside Museum finishing with the new Swing Bridge by the Museum

Walk Along the River Hull

Boxing Day morning, we walked up the north bank of the River Hull where most of the old buildings have been demolished. leaving a few standing proud of their surroundings. The first bridge that we photographed is the Drypool,  constructed in 1961 and we crossed over at North Bridge, 1927, both rolling lift bridges. The walk back was through the old town with examples of buildings from all the periods of Hull's long history. The museums are all closed for the time that we are here - we will be back at a future time.

Walk along the Humber

On Saturday, we walked along the Humber towards the Docks on a bright sunny morning. Part of the route took us alongside the Sieman's factory where they manufacture the huge wind turbine blades. Our walk back from the Ferry terminal was via the streets.

Regent's Canal

The Regent's Canal Company was formed in 1812 to cut a new canal from the Grand Junction Canal's Paddington Arm to Limehouse, where a dock was planned at the junction with the Thames. Completed in 1820, it was built too close to the start of the railway age to be financially successful and narrowly escaped being turned into a railway. The canal survived and carried huge quantities of timber, coal, building materials and foodstuffs into and out of London into the 1960s. It was closed to shipping in 1969 and its future looked bleak. but in 1979 the British Waterways Board allowed underground electricity cables to be laid in a trough below the towpath between St John’s Wood and City Road. Pumped canal water is used to cool these high voltage cables, which now form part of the National Grid.