Tag: Kirkstall

Kirkstall to Rodley

Kirkstall to Rodley

Reading Time: 3 minutesFor all the time I have spent on canals, one stretch I have rarely walked any of is the stretch up out of Leeds staring at Kirkstall. Starting off the canal is pleasent, but unexceptional, passing first Kirkstall Lock and the non-descript fields which are …

Big Truck

Big Truck

Reading Time: 2 minutesA bit of random excitement for the day. National Grid have recently needed to replace a 150 tonne transformer at the Kirkstall substation – with some of the very small streets round this part of Leeds this proved quite interesting to watch! You can read …

Kirkstall Abandonment

Kirkstall Abandonment

Reading Time: 2 minutesI have completed various photoshoots round Kirkstall, around the river and canal. It’s an interesting place, with a lot of industrial remnants. There is also this large space, semi-derelict with a rather random homeware store. For me this epitomises the idea of parafunctional spaces – …

Kirkstall Festival

Kirkstall Festival

Reading Time: 2 minutesHaving a new camera, and a big event to play at is perhaps both good and bad. Kirkstall Festival with its very varied mix of sights was a great chance to play, with the Tamron lens, to get in close to the falconry (and the …

Kirkstall Walk

Kirkstall Walk

Reading Time: 2 minutesTried to take a nice walk up to Kirkstall today, inspired by some very good shots I got previously round the canal, but the weather was very much against me. It actually decided to pelt it down with sleet breifly, which was not particularly lovely. …

New Camera

New Camera

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis year is dissertation year, and I have been thinking about my dissertation and what I want it to be. I’ve been playing about with taking pictures on my phone for some time, but due to my overall shit financial situation (ok, yes, I spend …