I was in Nottingham last week with a couple of hours to explore the Nottingham Canal while changing trains. I've driven through or past, but I don't recall having ever set foot in the city before.
As the train drew in to the station from the west I glanced up to see "BRITISH WATERWAYS" in huge white letters on the top of a warehouse. Ah. So that's where the canal is. Three minutes after disembarking (no, you probably can't "disembark" from a train, but I can't bring myself to say "detraining") I was on the towpath.
Heading west, back towards the BW warehouse, the towpath led over a junction bridge where an arm, now almost completely obliterated, turned off the main line. A few yards remain as a water feature beside the Magistrates' Court. I like the regular gently sloping setts of the bridge.
view from what remains of the arm towards the main line
the top photo is looking towards Wilford Street Footbridge
Very nice photos Halfie. I remember Nottingham from when I was a student! It was a very nice town then. I hope it still is now.
ReplyDeleteThanks, VallyP. I didn't really see much of Nottingham, but the canal environs were nice!
ReplyDeleteI spent two separate weeks in Nottingham in 1950, presumably on some RAEC courses. I remember nothing of the town. I do, however, remember the colonel's name:
ReplyDeleteBoyer-Bower - unforgettable!
H. Senior