Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Road Trip



Musings.


For a while I have been considering expanding my field of view, beyond the strip of open ground I called 'Battlefield', to take in the areas flanking either side of the site overlooking the Lower Ouseburn.


In fact, I have been drifting for a while. I have simply recognised something which is happening and now have to choose to formalise it.

All right. Here goes.

I have walked around the western side of the Battlefield area, into Shieldfield and beside the ever busy east west New Bridge Street, now a grim urban strip, and over the road bridge to Byker. It has become one large building site and the activity – mad scramble – one of erecting vast blocks of housing for students.

Shieldfield is already a University dormitory. These developments will increase the 'bed space' by a factor of two or three. Such is the present scene.

I have posted more photographs on this site's flickr stream. Please take a moment to view these if you have time.

I will be writing more on this wave of developments in the near future.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Snow(den)

I have posted a new set of photographs of 'Battlefield' under the snow – the latest fall – on the flickr site linked to this blog here. Otherwise, please go to the link on the sidebar.

It's all gone now, but you can I hope enjoy the beauty of it all in comfort, the only way I think I can enjoy snow nowadays.