KeithM
February 19th, 2008, 06:38 AM
A good challenge this one - how to get a fresh perspective of this engineering icon :) - which I don't think I did :D
Visible on all good maps as the B road toll bridge crossing over a River Avon and the A4 at Clifton. I say 'a' River Avon as there's more than one on this island of ours... don't try and follow, for example, the River Avon that runs through Stratford upon Avon...
The toll is 50p ( at the time of writing ) - in 50, 20 or 10p coins. If you don't have the right money, you can pull up on the bridge approach ( either end ) and walk to a kiosk to get change.
Local parking... there isn't any - well none dedicated to visitors to the bridge. We had to explore the local streets till we found a space. Some roads have time restrictions, others not.
There's also a camera obscura in the observation building overlooking the bridge and gorge ( which we only read about after we got home :rolleyes: )
All shots Fuji S3 + Sigma 10-20mm
Keith.
Postscript. About the Rivers Avon.... sounds like a good old fashioned misunderstanding to me. The Welsh for 'river' is 'afon' ( pronounced 'avon')...
...so you can possibly imagine a couple of thousand years ago, or so, as a cohort of roman legionaires approached what is now the Welsh borders, they stopped at a river. Wanting to be correct, for mapping purposes, they grabbed a local ( whose distant children would be natives of todays Wales ) and demanded the name of the river. In fear, the local just replied 'river!' - Right, they said 'River Avon' it is then ( probably throwing the local into the afon for good measure ) .... maybe :)
Visible on all good maps as the B road toll bridge crossing over a River Avon and the A4 at Clifton. I say 'a' River Avon as there's more than one on this island of ours... don't try and follow, for example, the River Avon that runs through Stratford upon Avon...
The toll is 50p ( at the time of writing ) - in 50, 20 or 10p coins. If you don't have the right money, you can pull up on the bridge approach ( either end ) and walk to a kiosk to get change.
Local parking... there isn't any - well none dedicated to visitors to the bridge. We had to explore the local streets till we found a space. Some roads have time restrictions, others not.
There's also a camera obscura in the observation building overlooking the bridge and gorge ( which we only read about after we got home :rolleyes: )
All shots Fuji S3 + Sigma 10-20mm
Keith.
Postscript. About the Rivers Avon.... sounds like a good old fashioned misunderstanding to me. The Welsh for 'river' is 'afon' ( pronounced 'avon')...
...so you can possibly imagine a couple of thousand years ago, or so, as a cohort of roman legionaires approached what is now the Welsh borders, they stopped at a river. Wanting to be correct, for mapping purposes, they grabbed a local ( whose distant children would be natives of todays Wales ) and demanded the name of the river. In fear, the local just replied 'river!' - Right, they said 'River Avon' it is then ( probably throwing the local into the afon for good measure ) .... maybe :)