Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We visit often. My daughter did her PhD at the University of Wales at Bangor a dozen years ago. The Ocean Sciences school is in Menai Bridge. She liked it so much she is still there. She met her husband to be there, got married and this year had her son. They moved from Menai Bridge to a village called Llangoed near the tip of the island (near Puffin Island) about a year ago. Walking the dog to the beach from her house is a joy, and the view over the straights to Snowdonia is stunning. We considered moving there ourselves but the rest of my family are around here. I can recommend a visit. Frank PS the height and speed of the tide through the straights is spectacular too. ----- Original Message ---- From: "grduprey at mchsi.com" <grduprey at mchsi.com> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, 16 December, 2010 16:17:54 Subject: Re: [Leica] Pictures from Wales It's on my list now also. The change in tide levels is quite impressive. Terrific views. Cheers, Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Ridings" <daniel at dlridings.se> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 1:40:22 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Leica] Pictures from Wales Another place on my "to go" list. Close enough to be realistic. I enjoyed reading your text. Thanks. Daniel On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 1:49 AM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> wrote: > these are going to be fun > > thanks > > ric > > On Dec 15, 2010, at 7:30 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > >> Menai Bridge is a small harbor town boasting a population of about 5000. >> Its >> Welsh name is Porthathwy, but few, except the most zealous Welsh >> nationalists call it that. It has one supermarket, two gas stations, three >> banks, four churches, and too many pubs to count. Everything, no matter >> how >> new, looks at least a century old. We lived abouta half mile from the >> center >> of town, a nice stroll in good weather. The road in front of our house >> also >> bordered the Menai Strait so the walk was scenic as well. The burbling >> water >> of the strait framed the view of the Snowdonia mountains in the distance. >> >> The center of attraction in Menai Bridge and the town's raison d' etre is >> the bridge itself. The steel link suspension bridge across the Menai >> Strait >> was built in 1826 and was the first of its kind in the world. It connects >> the island of Anglesey (where we lived) to the mainland. The bridge made >> possible a land route from Holyhead, the port where the Irish ferries >> docked, to England. Thomas Telford, the bridge architect, was a civil >> engineering genius who left his mark on many British construction projects >> of the early 1800s. Almost every town has its Telford designed bridge or >> aqueduct or roadway or even tollhouse. Most are still in use, having >> outlived more contemporary construction. >> >> The best view of Menai Bridge is from the other side of the Menai Strait. >> You can see the town as returning sailors would once have seen it, a >> village >> of cottages and pubs rising from the waterfront, backed by the larger >> houses >> of ship owners. In Victorian times Menai Bridge was a major port and the >> bridge had to be built high enough for the masts of >> >> ships to pass under. Paddle steamers from Liverpool moored at the >> town piers, pausing just long enough to unload passengers and cargo, while >> the crew nipped up to the Liverpool Arms for a quick refreshment before >> the return journey. The Menai Bridge waterfront still has its boats but >> they >> are usually used for pleasure and fishing. The harbor has a 26 to 30 foot >> tidal range. At low tide most boats on moorings near the shore sit on the >> exposed mud bottom. Many of the sailboats have twin keels for a good >> reason. >> They don't fall over on their sides when the tide goes out. >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/View+from+our+window.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Telford+Bridge+1.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Telford+Bridge+at+night.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Menai+Strait+at+mid+tide.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Bangor+harbor_+low+tide.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Red+Wharf+Bay+at+low+tide.jpg.html >> >> >> Larry Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. 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