Easter Sunday was another lovely, sunny, warm spring day. What a delight! After church in the morning, I decided I must make the most of it and had a circular walk in Bingley. The golf course wasn't very busy and all those greens - well kept lawns and fresh foliage on the trees - lent a feeling of soothing tranquillity to the scene.
The ford at Beckfoot Bridge is always an attractive place to linger. The stone packhorse bridge was built in 1723, replacing an earlier wooden bridge. Packhorse bridges were designed with low parapets to allow a horse heavily laden with panniers to cross unimpeded. Modern safety concerns resulted in the wooden fence being added.
There's a lovely view over the river here, looking across to Bingley's Myrtle Park. Where I stopped to take this photo, there's a house right behind me. It enjoys this gorgeous panorama but also has to put up with a public right of way across its front garden!
The woods down to the park had the beginnings of a beautiful show of bluebells, not quite in their full splendour yet.
A perfect Easter Sunday walk!
ReplyDeleteI have seen one bluebell growing in the midst of a lawn, which unfortunately is mowed weekly. So I salute you for good photos of them growing wild and beautiful! The bridge photo is so romantic, somehow!
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