Cambridge in December
On a recent trip to Cambridge took some photographs of the city and some of the colleges.
Then and Now Take Two – Trinity Lane, Cambridge
This is a regular series of blogs about photographs of the same place taken years apart. The first of the posts in this series was of a council building in Manchester. I always thought I should give then and now photographs a go. However what I have started to notice is that I have been doing Then and Now photographs unintentionally over the years and have been taking photographs of the same thing or place from the same view or perspective years apart. Now this has come to my attention I have started to intentionally take photographs of the same place.
This is the view of Trinity Lane in Cambridge, taken with an iPhone 13.
I have now taken this shot a fair few times.
I grew up in Cambridge, but moved away when I went to university in York. I remember rarely visiting the University of Cambridge as a youngster, why would I? However I did do some specialist maths classes at Trinity College, so would walk down Trinity Lane.
This is a photograph of Trinity Lane taken in April 2023 with an iPhone 13.
This photograph was taken in July 2022 with an iPhone 13.
This was taken in the middle of the day in bright sunshine.
I stayed over in Cambridge back in January 2020 I took this photograph of Trinity Lane.
I took this with an iPhone 8 in late afternoon I did edit and enhance the image with Snapseed, but the iPhone was able to deal with the low light conditions so much better.
It was back in March 2009 when I was at a JISC RSC Eastern event in Cambridge I did take the time the day before to walk around the town and took this photograph of Trinity Lane.
It was taken in the early evening with a Sony DSC-W53 camera, which to be honest struggled with the low light conditions.
Routemaster
I was in London and driving down Fleet Street was an old London Routemaster bus.
I was curious was TFL now running a Heritage route using the quintessential Routemaster red bus.
A quick Google search revealed this:
There’s a new vintage bus service for Central London. Route T15 links Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square and the Tower of London. Fares for all-day use are £7.50 for adults (including seniors), £5 for children and £20 for groups of four. It’s not a TfL service, so you can’t use Oyster cards
So it’s not TFL, but certainly a nice idea to relive what it was live taking the Routemaster around London. It must be popular, as when I saw it again, it was packed.
Donkey Rides £3.50
Weston in December can be damp.
Then and Now Take Two – Where’s Santa?
This is a regular series of blogs about photographs of the same place taken years apart. The first of the posts in this series was of a council building in Manchester. I always thought I should give then and now photographs a go. However what I have started to notice is that I have been doing Then and Now photographs unintentionally over the years and have been taking photographs of the same thing or place from the same view or perspective years apart. Now this has come to my attention I have started to intentionally take photographs of the same place.
I have taken this view at Cabot Circus a fair few times, one big difference this year is that there is no Santa. This photo was taken in November 2023.
This photograph was taken last year on the 26th November 2022.
I remembered I had taken a photograph in the same location, back on December 8th 2019. I was on my way to do a pick up from the Vue Cinema, so I took a photograph of the festive Cabot Circus.
I also wrote about it back then as well and in that post I used an image I found searching Flickr from December 2012. It would seem I am not alone in taking photographs from that vantage point outside House of Fraser.
I have written a few times about how I have taken photographs of this view of Cabot Circus.
Then and Now Take Three – Cabot Circus
Then and Now Take Two – Cabot Circus
Then and Now, but not alone – Cabot Circus
Then and Now Take Two Again – Bristol Airport
This is a regular series of blogs about photographs of the same place taken years apart. The first of the posts in this series was of a council building in Manchester. I always thought I should give then and now photographs a go. However what I have started to notice is that I have been doing Then and Now photographs unintentionally over the years and have been taking photographs of the same thing or place from the same view or perspective years apart. Now this has come to my attention I have started to intentionally take photographs of the same place.
Over the years I have taken this view at Bristol Airport quite a few times, both unintentionally and now intentionally.
I was flying to Glasgow in November 2023, so I took my usual photograph.
I was flying to Amsterdam in October 2023 so I took a photograph from the window next to the balcony at the departures lounge. The balcony itself was closed, it was rather foggy.
When travelling from Bristol Airport in August 2023 I took this photograph from the balcony at the departures lounge.
When I was at Bristol Airport on the 14th November 2022, I intentionally took a photograph from the same vantage point.
I had taken a similar picture in February 2017.
I took this view of Bristol Airport from the departures lounge on an early morning in August 2016.
Then and Now Take Two – A really BIG crane
This is a regular series of blogs about photographs of the same place taken years apart. The first of the posts in this series was of a council building in Manchester. I always thought I should give then and now photographs a go. However what I have started to notice is that I have been doing Then and Now photographs unintentionally over the years and have been taking photographs of the same thing or place from the same view or perspective years apart. Now this has come to my attention I have started to intentionally take photographs of the same place.
Staying in Glasgow last year for a conference, I was impressed with the Finnieston Crane, so took a photograph of the crane.
The Finnieston Crane is a disused giant cantilever crane in the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. It is no longer operational, but is retained as a symbol of the city’s engineering heritage. The crane was used for loading cargo, in particular steam locomotives, onto ships to be exported around the world.
So when I was back in Glasgow I intentionally took a photograph of the crane.
I took this photograph in November 2022 and then edited it using Snapseed.
I took this photograph a year later in November 2023 and also edited it using Snapseed.
Tyntesfield Again
For Christmas I got a National Trust membership. It’s being a few years since I was last a member, but now looking forward to visiting new places and going back to places we have been to before.
Back in 2016 I did start to keep a note of how much we saved with the membership, but looking back over the blog, I never kept up to date with that, but with this membership I am intending to blog about the visits we do this year and the savings we made.
We visited Tyntesfield back in January, this time I was on my own. I was going for a walk, and decided I would walk the grounds at Tyntesfield and visit the house whilst I was there.
Tyntesfield
An ornate Victorian Gothic Revival house with extensive garden and parkland, just a stone’s throw from Bristol
Current saving £243.55
Adult Ticket £17.00
Parking £3.00
Total saving £20.00
Cumulative saving £397.15
Membership cost £133.80
Net cumulative saving £263.35
Glasgow Reflections
I was up in Glasgow for a conference, and during a break I took a walk along the riverside and took a few photographs.
