Monday 28 May 2012
Sculpted grandeur
Over the next few days, I'll take you on one of my favourite walks, enjoying some lovely spring sunshine. I actually took the photos three weeks ago but haven't had time to post them. We have a few more leaves on the trees now due to the recent rain and then sunshine.
The walk starts here, on the canal towpath, just beside the Victoria Road bridge, with a view that I never tire of - Saltaire's historic United Reformed Church. On this particular morning the sun was striking the scene in such a way that I suddenly noticed how the strong shape of the tree finds an echo in the pillars of the church's portico. Funny how you can look at a scene again and again and still find something new in it.... I rather like the juxtaposition of natural and man-made sculptural forms.
The keen-eyed might spot the greylag geese and their current flock of goslings on the lawn. I counted nine little fluffy ones then. There were at least 24, all of different sizes, yesterday!
Labels:
Saltaire,
Saltaire URC,
World Heritage Site,
Yorkshire
Location:
Saltaire, West Yorkshire, UK
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Great looking church. Capturing it before all the leaves were on the tree lets one actually see the building. BTW, I enjoyed looking at your series on the 40s -- looks like it was great fun.
ReplyDeleteThis was the time of year to study the fine church's bones before the trees leaf out and cover it.
ReplyDeleteAh, I see we are going to get treated to a lovely walk! I'll be tagging along, jennyfreckles. A great placve to start. And yes, it's wonderful how we can see one thing from many fresh angles.
ReplyDelete