Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Scenes from the Commute, Part 2

Industrial ruins.

View across a river to a ruined warehouse, partially obscured by foliage

The A560 runs along the top of the opposite bank. As you drive along it, you don't necessarily realise that the ground underneath is riddled with caves and tunnels.

View across a river to a tall sandstone bank with cave entrances

More caves and tunnels, hidden by spring growth. You might have to zoom in.

View across a river to a tall sandstone cliff with cave entrances

The Mersey was low that day.

A redbrick industrial building, overgrown with foliage, standing right at the bank of a river. On the side of the building is a depth gauge. The water level is lower than the bottom of the gauge.

The viaduct. Man, it's big.

Stockport railway viaduct, viewed from underneath.

Bluebells in Reddish Vale.

A forested slope. The ground is covered with flowering bluebells.

More railway architecture.

A walled embankment, topped with vegetation

Brinnington is on the other side of that tunnel.

The entrance to an old railway tunnel, now converted to a mixed-use trail.

Spring in Didsbury

A branch with blossoms viewed against the sky
Graffiti of a face with large ears, done in white paint on a redbrick wall

A little glimpse of old Didsbury, briefly seen when one of the bars / restaurants was being refurbished.

An old shop frontage saying 'W F Knowles'

It's like peeling back the layers of the present to see the past underneath.

Cherry blossom on the trees in Didsbury Park

Friday, 25 April 2014

Victoria... posh. Oh, I bet there were high fives all around the creative dept when they thought up this one.

A poster at Manchester Victoria station, saying 'Please bear with us while we make Victoria posh'

Sunday, 13 April 2014

Awesome final attack from Terpstra in the Paris-Roubaix.

Friday, 11 April 2014

Oh well, my conference paper was rejected. Got some good feedback though.

Thursday, 10 April 2014

Do you wanna build a snowman? ARGH