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I went for a lunchtime walk the other day and for no other reason than I was walking across railway bridges I took some photographs of the tracks.
Looking down to Flowerdown Bridge and the South West.
Looking North from Hutton Moor Lane bridge at the end you can see Flowerdown Bridge.
Looking South from Hutton Moor Lane bridge.
The main railway line to the South West passes through the outskirts of Weston-super-Mare before heading down to Taunton and Exeter.
This is a regular series of blogs about photographs of the same place taken years apart. I quite like those Then and Now comparison photographs that you see in books or on the Twitter or Facebook. 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.
Back in 2019 when they were building a petrol station close to where we live, we found a Type 22 Pillbox when they removed the undergrowth. Recently on a walk to the petrol station I noted how much undergrowth was now around the pillbox.
This was the unearthed pillbox in September 2019.
Here is the same pillbox in July 2023.
Another view from 2019.
The updated view from 2023.
The pillboxes were constructed to protect the airfield, RAF Weston-super-Mare, which was a Royal Air Force station on a civilian airfield in Weston-super-Mare. The civilian airfield was taken over by the RAF on the 1st May 1940 and would remain there until 1993.
Some more views from 2023.
It is situated on the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
It is situated on the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
Unicornfest is a fantastic public art trail of over 60 large unicorns and 40 smaller foals bringing magic to the streets of Bristol.
Butterfly Concerto is next to St Mary Redcliffe.
Over the last couple of weeks I have been working in our office in Bristol, and now and again I take a walk at lunchtime. I have taken a few photographs of views from my work.
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.
You don’t need a membership though to visit the Mendip Hills. We walked up Crook Peak, before walking back to where we had parked the car.
Only clocked on the trip that it is Crook Peak and not as I have been calling it for years Crooks Peak.
Crook Peak has been important as a landmark and boundary from very early times, and the origins of the name are unclear. The local parish council state that ‘Crook’ comes from the Old English ‘Cruc’ meaning ‘peak’ or ‘pointed hill’.
Mendip Hills
Dramatic gorges and ancient woodland rising above the Somerset Levels.
Current saving £188.85
No admission fee or parking costs
Total saving £0
Cumulative saving £365.15
Membership cost £133.80
Net cumulative saving £231.35 Continue reading “Mendip Hills (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.
Killerton
A family home and a great estate. Glorious landscape garden surrounded by parkland with fine 18th-century house.
Current saving £188.85
Family ticket £38.50
Parking £4.00
Total saving £42.50
Cumulative saving £365.15
Membership cost £133.80
Net cumulative saving £231.35
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.
Polesden Lacey
Edwardian country retreat of socialite, Margaret Greville. Home to her extensive collection of paintings, ceramics and fine French furniture.
Current saving £169.85
One adult £15.00
Parking £4.00
Total saving £19.00
Cumulative saving £322.65
Membership cost £133.80
Net cumulative saving £188.85
