I decided to continue my visits to the castles around the country and this time Lancaster Castle was the place I decided to visit.
This turned out to be different than I had planned. The train journey was great, all connections on time and nice clean trains, the best bit though was the price, £19 return. Bargain. This is with a senior railcard but I think I have my money back on that already.
I think the day was a lack of planning, not so much on the choice of castle, but more to do with what was available once I arrived. The only way to get access to the castle, which is now a museum of HMP Lancaster Castle, is via a guided tour.
Given that I’m not wanting to take pictures with folk in them I didn’t want to have to stick to a guided tour, and one that takes 90 minutes. So photographs of the approach and courtyard it was then.
So a quick look at the map told me that there was a river running through the centre of town and that it had bridges, that was enough for me.
This collection of images are of the Lune Millennium Bridge, which is over the river Lune but is a foot and cycle bridge. As I approached my interest was piqued by the shape and the close proximity of an old tradition arch bridge.
These images are all taken on my Leica Q3 28, all hand held and processed in Lightroom.
As the name suggests this bridge was constructed to coincide with the millennium celebrations in year 2000. It is part of the National cycleway system and connects various routes together that all converge in Lancaster. It’s unique construction give it a similar but different feel from other cable supported bridges. I hope my collection of images give you a sense of what it looks and feels like. I really like this.