Now I have what I can only describe as a sort of ‘Bridge Fetish’.
I’m not entirely sure what it is abiut these structures along the canals that I love but I find myself scrambling for my phone,camera or go pro almost every time I pass beneath them on our little Narrowboat ‘Badger’.
I am constantly having to quickly adjust the steering as I veer off towards the side of the canal after I have been photographing the underside of the bridge or a shot as we leave one behind.
I love them. They all have a little character of their own and if they could talk I am sure they would have some very interesting stories to tell from their past 200 years of allowing folks to pass over and under them. They would have observed some amazing historical changes in the way we live also.
I guess I kind of see them as working industrial memorials. They make a statement and tell a story. They have history and yet still they have function.
I love them. Maybe I’m a little weird….no wait…I know I am a little weird but I make no apologies for my little fetish and I am not in the least bit ashamed of it.
They’re amazing!
