[Leica] Pictures from Wales

[lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)]

Very nice pictures Larry, my favorite is the last one, but I like very  
much too the first and "Bangor harbour low tide"

Saludos
Lluis


El 16/12/2010, a las 1:30, Lawrence Zeitlin escribi?:

> 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
>
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