Canal Bridge at Great Haywood (72a) by sabresun

Canal Bridge at Great Haywood (72a)

This is an iron bridge and quite decorative. You can see another shot of it here (looking in the opposite direction, in front of me. I.e the view from the narrow boats) - http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/27/59/1275949_3b351186.jpg It used to to take horse-drawn carriages to the Shugborough estate by leading to another bridge that crossed the ajoining river (which is to the right of the canal seen in the photo), but now just crosses the canal and then ends somewhat abruptly as the second bridge no longer exists. It's as if it's not quite sure where to go anymore.

At the time, I was trying to get a shot of the cycling trio from within one of the iron hoop railings, but they were too fast for me! You can just see them racing along the canal path in the distance heading steadily out of sight. They seemed to know where they were going even if the bridge wasn't certain of its own direction. :)

A bit of trivia about Great Haywood -

The village was home to the newly married Edith Tolkien, wife of famous author J. R. R. Tolkien, from March 1916 to February 1917. He stayed with her in her cottage (Cottage 1, Gipsy Green, on the Teddesley Park Estate) near the village during the winter of 1916, while recuperating from trench fever. At the cottage he began work on what would become The Silmarillion.
great shot - cool framing.
March 15th, 2011  
This is lovely! I like how the iron bars frame the scene. the colors are so perky. Well done!
March 15th, 2011  
Lovely! I have some similar kinds of aperture/window shots from a trip I took to France. I enjoy shooting these as well.
Nicely done. :)
March 15th, 2011  
amazing perspective and framing!! Lovely
March 15th, 2011  
Looks like a great spot for a photographic walk, and just plain old enjoyment.
March 16th, 2011  
Lovely views. Our canal has housing estates and factories almost up to it's towpaths ;-(
March 16th, 2011  
Nice composition, wonderful pic!
March 16th, 2011  
Very cool framing. It's as if I'm peeking into this gorgeous scene.
March 16th, 2011  
Good framing! Very beautiful!!
March 16th, 2011  
I just loved all about the photo, fav++++++
March 16th, 2011  
Great framing and wonderful composition. A really lovely photo.
March 16th, 2011  
Beautiful shot! The framing and colors are awesome!
March 16th, 2011  
Beautiful shot!
March 16th, 2011  
Beautiful shot, love the composition! A fav!
March 16th, 2011  
love the framing of the boats
March 16th, 2011  
Beautiful landscape, beautiful canal, beautiful narrows, beautiful pic
March 16th, 2011  
So beautiful! Great perspective.
March 16th, 2011  
Is there anywhere you go that isn't breathtakingly scenic? Beautiful shot!
March 17th, 2011  
really nice shot and framing
March 18th, 2011  
Great composition and so beautifully scenic!
March 21st, 2011  
@sparkle @5unflow3r @jenilaub2011 @mimo @digitalrn @rogerprice @bill_d @denisedaly @bilky @alecio @tford @cjwhite @giselle @harshbrown @emer @pyrrhula @maryellen @tonje @walkingman @dailypix Thanks everyone. I'm so behind with the thankyou's (where do the evenings go?) and would rather comment on your photos than spend time here. Anyhow, just to say, I appreciate each and every one. :)
March 23rd, 2011  
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