England Photos
June 24th, 2011 at 4:17 am by David Farrar
This was the view from our apartment in Aldgate in London.
On Monday (Tuesday in NZ) we drove to Cardiff, but stopped off in Bristol for a couple of hour. It’s a very nice place, and we shopped at the local market, walked through Castle Park, next to the River Avon.
This is the remains of St Peter’s Church. It was originally built is the 12th century and was Bristol’s oldest church. It was destroyed in the Bristol Blitz in 1940.
After Bristol headed back along the M4, and crossed the Second Severn Bridge which is the boundary of Wales and England. It’s a mighty bridge – a full five kms long.
Tags: DPF, United Kingdom
June 24th, 2011 at 5:13 am
At first glance, the church looks intact. A closer look reveals otherwise. Do you find southern England incredibly green and lush in summer compared to Canterbury?
cheers
David Prosser
Vote:June 24th, 2011 at 8:25 am
I’ve driven over th Severn Bridge – quite huge. The tidal rise and fall is huge there.
Spent a few weeks in Cardiff back in 1998 during the refurbishing of the city for the millemium. I really like the place. Spent time in the Museum, and Cardiff Castle.
Vote:Interesting places to visit are Castel Koch, Clandath (?) Cathedral and Caerfilly Castle.
June 24th, 2011 at 8:32 am
Is that church Britain’s answer to the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
That river looks as bad as our provincial streams that Don Nicholson wants to pour even more pollution into for us townies to clean up later – but there are no subsidies for farmers!!
Say, DPF, are you going to pop into The Independent offices and have a chat with Johann Hari? That could give you a whole new perspective on the way the world works!
Vote:June 24th, 2011 at 9:45 am
Fuck you’re full of it today Luc “us townies to clean up later “. Translation “us townies must take every last cent of those evil nasty rich prick farmers so we can continue living in our broke and dysfunctional towns”
Vote:June 24th, 2011 at 10:14 am
Luc – The river is tidal with a massive tidal rise and fall. It’s mud, not pollution you are looking at. If you go downriver a short distance (towards the Clifton suspension bridge is), there are huge mud flats at low tide.
The building on the right of DPF’s second photo is either the Courage brewery or the building next to it (they look pretty much the same and its a long time since I last visited). When I lived in Bristol, you always got a mighty whiff of malt when walking alongside the river there.
Vote:June 27th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
When you were in Bristol did you see the famous nails on the quayside?
They are the origin of the saying “He hit the nail on the head”
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