The theme for our travel pics this week is C for Churches. Today, it’s St John’s Anglican Cathedral, in Napier, NZ. Unlike many of the churches in this series, this one isn’t ancient – in fact, it’s hardly even historic. It was built in the art deco style – as befits a church which replaces one…
The theme for our travel pics this week is B – for Bridges. Our final image is one of the most photographed bridges in the world – San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. T his crosses from Marin County to San Francisco itself, and crosses the ‘Golden Gate strait’ .. a 5mk long, 1.5km wide stretch of…
The theme for our travel pics this week is B – for Bridges. Today, it’s Tower Bridge, in London. You know the old song about “London Bridge is Falling Down”? This is, despite common misconception, NOT that bridge. In fact London Bridge was sold to an American many years ago. This, on the other hand,…
The theme for our travel pics this week is B – for Bridges. Today, it’s the Sydney Harbour Bridge, often called The Coathanger by locals. The tallest single span arch bridge in the world, the Harbour Bridge was also the longest such bridge when it was built during the Great Depression. It is one of Australia’s…
The theme for our travel pics this week is B – for Bridges. Today, it’s San Francisco’s Bay Bridge. When most people think of bridges in SF, they think of the Golden Gate – but the Bay Bridge is actually older, having been opened 6 months before. Strictly speaking, the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge is…
The theme for our travel pics this week is B – for Bridges. Today, it’s Franjo Tuđman Bridge, at Dubrovnik, in Croatia. This was as we sailed past the port of Gruz, and toward the Old City of Dubrovnik, on the Adriatic Sea. We were more excited about potential Game Of Thrones / Kings Landing sightings, but…
The theme for our travel pics this week is B – for Bridges. Today, it’s a footbridge, at Invercargill, in Scotland. We spotted this bridge as we took a break in the town, heading for Inverness and Urquhart Castle (on the banks of Loch Ness) The bridge itself is quite striking – but even more striking…
The theme for our travel pics this week is B – for Bridges. Today, it’s Welsh Bridge, at Shrewsbury in the UK. To be honest, we mainly went to this town because I am a Cadfael tragic – I’ve read all the novels about the medieval monk, and watched all the TV episodes with Derek Jacobi,…
