Tag: Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Viaducts and Lifting Towers, Repurposed Railway Infrastructure

Viaducts and Lifting Towers, Repurposed Railway Infrastructure

Reading Time: 4 minutes Inspired, in part, by The High Line in New York there has been discussions about creating similar on Holbeck Viaduct for some years now. So far this has sadly not come to anything, but on a smaller scale the Monk Bridge Viaduct development has started 

Kirkstall to Rodley

Kirkstall to Rodley

Reading Time: 3 minutes For 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 

Skipton

Skipton

Reading Time: 2 minutes Skipton is another place that, although broadly on my doorstep, I have never actually explored. I have kept meaning to walk there as a part of my canal project, but this time we got the train. What struck me about the place is that it 

Kirkstall Walk

Kirkstall Walk

Reading Time: 2 minutes Tried 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 minutes This 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