{"id":971,"date":"2013-03-30T21:13:16","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T21:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/?p=971"},"modified":"2013-04-11T19:57:49","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T18:57:49","slug":"spring-day-edge-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/30\/spring-day-edge-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"A Spring day on the edge of never ending Winter."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"48e5397a39c6ea4ae31e40d674b2fea7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- july 2019 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9380921822254336\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9798147637\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here we are in the last days of March, Easter has arrived but spring is yet to be sprung. The sun was finally shining and the temperature mild so My Dearest and I went for a walk this afternoon. I took him to see the Aqueduct, a beautiful late 18th Century stone built bridge which carries the Lancaster Canal over the River Lune.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_972\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-972\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4025.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-972\" alt=\"Built in 1797 and still beautiful.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4025.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4025.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4025-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Built in 1797 and still beautiful.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Opened in 1797 it has recently been refurbished as part of a scheme to reopen the river path which was once known as Ladies Walk, but has become unloved and surrounded by industry. New paths have been built and undergrowth cut back to allow walkers and Cyclists a better view of the river.<\/p>\n<p>We walked from the Aqueduct to the Viaduct, which carries the motorway over the River. What a striking difference we were faced with, from the beauty and elegance of 18th century engineering, to the rough brutalism of the mid 20th century.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_973\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-973\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4020.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-973\" alt=\"Built a1966, and eternally ugly\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4020-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4020-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4020.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Built a1966, and eternally ugly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I can\u2019t help thinking what a pity it is that beauty is less often a consideration when designing our built environment. Did no-one think \u201cthis bridge will stand for centuries let\u2019s make it something to admire\u201d? They did in the 18th century. But then in the 18th century the built environment was built by educated men of wealth (well that which still stands was) who wanted to make their mark and be proud of it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_40231.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-975\" alt=\"coltsfoot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_40231-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_40231-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_40231.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We were disappointed to find very little evidence that spring is here, no fresh green leaves no spring flowers only a lonely group of colts foot pushing through the debris of last Autumn, and a solitary group of snow drops amongst the briars.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4024.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-976\" alt=\"Snopdrops\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4024-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4024-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4024.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I climbed the banking from the Riverside up to the canal path with my Dearest,however he doesn\u2019t do heights, when he saw how high it was he went back down\u00a0while I walked the canal path.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4028.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4028.jpg\" alt=\"Lancaster canal crossing the river Lune\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-977\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4028.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4028-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He missed a wonderful view of a snow capped Ingleborough in the distance. I wish I had a better lens on my camera to capture that scene, but then my camera is heavy enough, any heavier and I wouldn\u2019t carry it, and then none of these pictures would have been captured, there has to be a balance in life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4030.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-978\" alt=\"Snow Ingleborough\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4030.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4030.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4030-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the car park we found an image on the railings, it&#8217;s a copy of a work by a local Artist Chas Jacobs I have a number of prints of his work, I love the bright colours and naive images of familiar local landmarks. this one has the aqueduct in the foreground and Ingleborough in the background. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4036.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4036.jpg\" alt=\"Chas Jacobs Print\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-996\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4036.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/1-IMG_4036-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.chasjacobs.co.uk<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He missed a wonderful view of a snow capped Ingleborough in the distance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,4],"tags":[212,211,215,213,221,218,214,219,217,220,216,210],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=971"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1030,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions\/1030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}