We seem to have lost the good weather again. The Bank Holiday weekend was dull and cloudy, though not cold. On Bank Holiday Monday, I went for a walk up on Shipley Glen. It has long been the tradition for Bradfordians to come up here for fresh air at weekends and on bank holidays. Laden trams used to bring pleasure seekers into Saltaire, to then have a ride up on the Glen Tramway - and, in the good old days, to enjoy the many fairground rides that were once up here. The Tramway was closed on Monday and no rides remain, just scrubby moorland and rocks. You can't even see the panoramic view now that the trees on the glen side have grown taller. I sat for a while on one of the many benches, mostly memorials to people who 'loved this place' when they were alive. Not much of a view but I did have a grandstand seat to watch some youngsters trying to mend a bike. They come up here to do tricks, balancing on the rocks.
Much as I love trees, they sure do block a view sometimes. Fun to watch the young people and their bikes. I doubt that they will remember being up there, as those whose memories were from the rides and the benches.
ReplyDeleteAt least you got a walk in but that sky does look threatening.
ReplyDeleteI like this kind of sky, it adds more interest to a landscape than an all-blue sky can.
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