Friday, May 29, 2009
Hebden Bridge
One of Hebden Bridge's many bridges, and a mill in the distance
Very steep public footpath between Hebden Bridge and Heptonstall
A nice little graveyard just off the footpath
Countryside around Hebden Bridge
More general countryside/village shots...
View of Hebden Bridge's outskirts on the walk up to Heptonstall
Hard to see, but there are ducks and whole slices of bread in that water...
This morning I got an early start and went out to Hebden Bridge. It's about 1hr 20min away on the bus (you change in Halifax, so I got to see that city again), and my iPod died about 10 minutes into the trip. I tried reading some articles for my dissertation, but didn't get much out of it. Until today, I'd never realized how loud the buses are--the annoying chav pre-teens with their music blaring from their cell phones (awful music, too), little kids crying/screaming, their parents yelling at them to shut up, etc.
On the way out to Hebden Bridge, there are all these cute little villages w/ crazy names: Luddenden Foot, Friendly, Mytholmroyd (Home of Britain's only clog factory!), etc. Hebden Bridge itself is fairly small--little shops, pubs and tea rooms, etc. The main form of entertainment seemed to be feeding ducks/pigeons--everybody was doing it. I watched an old man pushing his wife's wheelchair along the river, while she chucked whole slices of bread at the ducks.
It didn't take long for me to get tired of watching the duck-feeding, so I walked around the town and up into the hills. I tried to make it up the steep hill to Heptonstall, but I gave up. I was so close, I could see it--but it was 70 degrees and I was disgustingly sweaty. On the walk down, a bus passed me going up the hill--so I'll take that next time. The only thing I wanted to see in Heptonstall was St. Thomas' church--it's a really cool looking church and Sylvia Plath is buried there. Something to go back for...
Monday, May 25, 2009
Halifax
Dean Clough Mill, and others packed in around it
Town Hall
And a couple of nice churches.
That's about all there is in Halifax. It's a nice enough little city, but there's not much going on...It only took me about an hour to walk around the entire city centre and out to the mills. I spent another hour or so studying and eating lunch at Cafe Nero, walked around a bit more, then headed back to the station. I checked the map to see if I'd missed anything--I hadn't. Halifax is a nice break from Leeds, but definitely not much of a tourist attraction...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Edinburgh
Skyline over the train station
View from Calton Hill
Windswept but still smiley...
Sir Walter Scott monument
Cathedral and Adam Smith statue on the Royal Mile
View from the Castle
More views from the Castle
University of Edinburgh
St. Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile
I'm so immature...but, come on, "Cockburn Street"???
The Royal Apartments, including the room where Mary Queen of Scots gave birth to James VI
The Great Hall of the Castle
More of the Castle
Closer view of the Sir Walter Scott monument
Lovely park with fountain and the Castle above
Pipers--all over the place in Edinburgh, way more than in Glasgow
Glasgow
Central shopping area on Buchanan Street
George Square and City Chambers
Glasgow Cathedral (13th century, has the tomb of St. Mungo)
Necropolis
View of the Cathedral from the Necropolis
Me at the Necropolis
More of the Necropolis...it was a long climb, so I wanted to take lots of pics!
Merchant City
Maggie May, a restaurant ode to Rod Stewart
Glasgow Green
Look how smiley I am!!! I'm loving life in Glasgow...
River Clyde
View of sunset from Garnethill
Another Tamil genocide protest...I swear they're following me! First Paris, now Glasgow?
River Clyde
No need to argue about which road to take--the sign tells you to go straight to Loch Lomond!
River Clyde
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