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Here, in Plymouth there are two bridges, rail and road. is the rail bridge in the background with it's distinctive curved tubes and the newer bridge is the road It is adjacent to the Tamar Bridge which opened in 1962 to carry the A38 road. the bridge began in 1999 after it was found to be unable to support a European Union requirement for goods

Have a good look at it and see if you can figure out a reason. This was the result of all the takeaway food eaten by tourists some of which would go astray in the birds that they were a major problem in nearby Dartmouth, they were everywhere and even nesting on all the roofs

suddenly had the idea of making a real wicker man from some real wicker, and then putting him in my wood As you can probably tell I am very good with my hands and an expert with secateurs. , small effigies woven out of straw, which is the equivalent of American Thanksgiving, offerings of food The general theme seems to be thanks for a good harvest and offerings or sacrifices for a safe winter

The people and the landscape, food and colour were outstanding and I would certainly go again. Back to the photos, these tiles below are not a roof in the traditional sense, In the spring, water is Apart from Palermo back along the coast road, this area of Sicily is quite sparsely populated and the Do not go down a road unless you can see loads of other cars going down it ahead of you.

The ancient road network also converges here. The bridge was widened in the 19th century. Many of our modern roads today started as public footpaths and evolved. Back on the road we now cross the longer of the bridge sections. These buttresses hold the raised road up above any flooding, creating the causeway. Edgcumbe on to the road. The pony turned around, but Mr.

behind the expression is that the birds that wake up the earliest have the best chance of catching a good I then went downstairs and opened the blinds only to see a huge group of birds all lined up on the roof

I managed to snatch a few shots without dropping the thing so that's a good start. Preferably not a wall like this one where you are standing in the road dodging the traffic.

Bearing all that in mind it is no surprise that the buildings of the time had battlements on the roof This is the same photo below, and I place both of these here to demonstrate why it is a good idea to away the fact that in the distance in the dark there is an altar and candlesticks and a timber framed roof Those timber roofs are called wagon roofs and in this case are later 19th century.

in demand for construction work in the cities of England, but in an era when railways and reliable roads of Stover House, gave a grand fete champetre on Haytor Down, on the completion of the granite rail road The granite proved a good solution to the main problem of the landscape, which is unpredictable boggy

I snap anything that catches my eye so having dealt in the other three posts with things great and good My other impression was that they seemed a bit too good to be throwing out. developers were in the street to make plans for a new development of some warehouses at the end of the road There is a good view of the church on the hill from here, which was featured in part 3.

They start adjoining the same piece of road and then diverge. The old bridge lining up with a narrow lane, possibly the original road and the new bridge lining up with what appears to be a later road improvement. Historic interest: * a good example of a multi-arch bridge spanning a small river which was influenced The road lost its importance in the early C19 when a new turnpike was opened through the Glynn Valley

The idea for an institution combining a library, reading room, county museum and venue for public lectures In the back room of 7 Cathedral Close is this late C16 plaster ceiling, frieze and carved chimney-piece