Battlefield the Beautiful: March 2015

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Ouseburn Walk Part the Two

Sometimes I think one should be silent and let the images do the talking.

Link to Part the Two slideshow here.

I would say just this. How much I love the inconsequential and the unplanned; a roadway made long ago from pieces of volcanic dolerite jumbled together are to be treasured. Jacob's Sheep and nearby a veteran Rolls-Royce (when they were such). Views of places that might be far outside rather than inside a city.

WELCOME

I began this blog in order to have a say in the future of a piece of open ground close to my home in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Using this humble area of 'green space' with it's view across the city as a sounding board for thoughts I have had for most of my adult life about how our built and informal environment comes together; how the places where we live need to be cherished for what they are rather than disregarded for what they are not.

Now, in 2010, I am branching out to include other parts of the city where I live and use daily.

My approach is simply that of a reasonably intelligent spectator; one who may at times be plain wrong but, hopefully, more often just frustrated. Between those twins I hope also to record my affection for and draw attention to what is too little considered; the beauty of ordinary places.