Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)

[billplumtree]

And while we're being all culverty, here's 163A, Millness M6 culvert


163A, M6 colvert by billplumtree, on Flickr


163A, M6 colvert by billplumtree, on Flickr

A View from the Bridge culvert:

View from 163A by billplumtree, on Flickr

[billplumtree]

164, Millness Bridge


164, Millness Bridge by billplumtree, on Flickr


164, Millness Bridge by billplumtree, on Flickr


164, Millness Bridge by billplumtree, on Flickr

[billplumtree]

Oi, Ruthie!  165, Crooklands aqueduct!

Up top, canal with a bit of fence:

165, Crooklands Aqueduct by billplumtree, on Flickr

Down below, Peasey Beck running through a tunnel:

165, Crooklands Aqueduct by billplumtree, on Flickr

And even a spare tunnel, presumably for when the beck's a bit full:

165, Crooklands Aqueduct by billplumtree, on Flickr

[Ruthie]

I can't see the canal 

Has it been closed by Mr Beeching and replaced by a Sustrans path 

[billplumtree]

I can't see the canal 

It is there, on the extreme left.  It's just a bit green...

Has it been closed by Mr Beeching and replaced by a Sustrans path 

Further north, in Kendal, it has, although I don't think we can pin that one on Beeching.  Distinctly dewatered, it is.

[Ruthie]

I can't see the canal 

It is there, on the extreme left.  It's just a bit green...

Oh yes, there it is 

The Beeching thing was a wee jest ...

[Ruthie]

Past Judy Bear's to Yarm 011 by Ruth Turner, on Flickr

View of the bridge at Over Dinsdale.

Past Judy Bear's to Yarm 014 by Ruth Turner, on Flickr

And the view from the bridge.

[billplumtree]

166, Crooklands Bridge


166, Crooklands Bridge by billplumtree, on Flickr

[billplumtree]

167, Oldhall Bridge by billplumtree, on Flickr

[billplumtree]

(worried now, in case nikki brings in new rules for bridges)

[billplumtree]

168, Mattinsons Bridge.  I particularly liked this one.


168 Mattinson's Bridge by billplumtree, on Flickr


168 Mattinson's Bridge by billplumtree, on Flickr


168 Mattinson's Bridge by billplumtree, on Flickr

There's a few more here

[Ruthie]

Mmmmmmmmmattinson's.

[Cudzoziemiec]

168 Mattinson's Bridge by billplumtree, on Flickr

Waiting for Arthur.

[Cudzoziemiec]

(worried now, in case nikki brings in new rules for bridges)

Never mind the picturesque, where's your Marmite?

[billplumtree]

Marmite?

Hmmmm.  Mebbes.  In the meantime, 169 Field End Bridge.  So named for the field growing on the end of it


169 Field End Bridge by billplumtree, on Flickr

[billplumtree]

170, Stainton Bridge End Bridge.  I know, I know.  My theory is they named this bit of Stainton parish for its proximity to the bridge.  Then they needed a name for the bridge...  Aaaanyway, it all got a bit weedy hereabouts:


170 Stainton Bridge End Bridge by billplumtree, on Flickr


Weeeeeed! by billplumtree, on Flickr

[Deano]

See also Kingbridge Ford Bridge

[billplumtree]

So good they named it twice    Maybe it's a Cumbrian thing?  We do appreciate our bridges...

Another up-and-under job (do we need an Aqueducts for Ruthie thread?):  171, Stainton Aqueduct


171 Stainton Aqueduct by billplumtree, on Flickr

Stainton Beck, running under the canal, together with a lovely stone public footpath:

171 Stainton Aqueduct by billplumtree, on Flickr

[Ruthie]

That really is lovely.

[billplumtree]

172, Stainton Bridge


172 Stainton Bridge by billplumtree, on Flickr

Bit of a landmark, this one, cos it's where the water runs out.


172 Stainton Bridge by billplumtree, on Flickr. 

The canal bed carries on though.  So do the bridges, mostly.

[billplumtree]

So, an opportune time for another change of scenery for a while.  And even direction - let's go really wild and head southwards for a while.  Risky, I know: the rule is that, as with most things in life, the further north you go the better things become...

Let's return then to the delights of 154A, Spinney Culvert under the M6.  The west side this time - a good couple of miles walk from the east side, what with there being no tunnel under the motorway.  Well, there is I suppose, but it's full of water.


154A by billplumtree, on Flickr

[David Martin]

A bridge sign in the Chard Museum.
DSC_0001 by David Martin, on Flickr

[billplumtree]

That is wonderful.  Where are those PONDEROUS CARRIAGES now?  They sound so wallowy and friendly and non-threatening, the opposite of brash JUGGERNAUTS.  And where, for that matter, are the COUNTY COUNCIL CLERKS with names like E. ARCHDALL FFOOKS?

[billplumtree]

154, Garth Bridge.  A sweet little thing, not on the way to anywhere so not troubled by many visitors, with a view across to the ubiquitous Farleton Knott


154 by billplumtree, on Flickr


154 by billplumtree, on Flickr

[billplumtree]

153A, Another Bloody Culvert.  Under Holme North Road, so not even summat worthwhile like a motorway.  Le sigh.


153A by billplumtree, on Flickr