These graves look like they have an excellent view of the event – whatever that may be! They make me think of a concert in the park where everyone brings a picnic and enjoys the event from deck chairs. In Britain they would have brought umbrellas as well 🙂
Cathays Cemetery in Cardiff has many aspects to it.
The Audience
Some hide away
Some prefer to be more private and hide away amongst the greenery.
This cemetery has it all, even a “downtown” area with sky scrapers!
Downtown at the cemetery
Bishop John Cuthbert Hedley was quite a guy if you judge by the stature of his tomb in Cathays Cemetery. I wonder if he would get such a piece of architecture these days? (see Monday’s post, “When was the last time . . . “)
The Tomb of the Bishop John Cuthbert Hedley
The Tomb of the Bishop
The prompt to this weeks blog posts were the Angels in yesterdays post.
So, going back to the beginning, todays images are of the entrance to the cemetery which, although in need of some maintenance, is still an impressive structure and suggests, even before you enter, the size and importance of the cemetery.
All photos taken on my iPhone.
Cathays Cemetery Entrance
Inside the secondary entrance to the cemetery
Entrance detail
Strange place for a tree!
. . . you saw tombstones on this scale made in recent years?
I am going to be looking around Cathays Cemetery in Cardiff this week. By that I mean I had a walk around the cemetery on Saturday (in the bitter cold!) and one of the the first things that struck me was the scale of these angels and some of the other tombstones from the past. Ahh! They don’t make them like that any more. 🙂
All photos taken on my iPhone.
Angel
Angel
Less Angelic, more imperial
Looking at a recent post about London on a blog I follow, I was reminded by a photo showing the Shard in the distance, of a visit to London I made when that structure was still being built.
Half the tube stations were out of action in preparation for the 2012 Olympics but the StillWalk I produced from the photos and sound recording I did on the day does not reflect my frustration with this. Watch the video below.
StillWalks – London Tate Walk from Alastair Duncan on Vimeo.
My StillWalks often use the natural environment as the location, but not always. StillWalks are primarily about relaxation and stress relief but they are also about seeing and hearing all that is around us and I am as interested in the sounds of the city as those of the countryside.
Here is one of the images from that walk.
Moving away from Lliw Reservoir which has featured a lot in my recent posts, I have some new photos from Hereford. We drove up there last week for my daughter’s final interview for university. She has since been accepted by all five to which she applied – clever girl 🙂
Although the roads in Hereford seemed very busy during mid week, this small city is very attractive in parts with the cathedral being central. The colour of the stone is beautiful and changes with the light (naturally). It was a dull day when we were there but that didn’t spoil what was a pleasant and successful day out. I wonder if we will be seeing more of it – depends on Hannah’s choice really! You can see her blog here.
A park by the castle in Hereford
Church Street, Hereford
Hereford Cathedral
Taking an aimless walk on a sunny Sunday last weekend, I ended up at our local station where the patterns, colours and perspective of the track prompted me to use my camera – which I had casually taken along with me . . . just in case!
Gates and Railway
Gates and Railway
Gates and Railway
Railway Platform
Railway Station
Ferris wheels seem to pop up in every UK city on regular basis. The first one is in York but the second shot was taken on Boxing Day in Belfast a few years ago and the third in Swansea in 2012.
These are the last shots from my recce walk in York last February and the subject matter is not likely to feature in the final StillWalk video which I am working on now. First of all, the ferris wheel was not there in June when I did the production day, and secondly, it wasn’t on my walk route anyway – neither was the windmill, I just liked the structure.
The windmill is Holgate Windmill and it was strange and unexpected to see it suddenly appear through the trees and amongst the surrounding house roofs.
Ferris Wheel, York
Ferris Wheel, Belfast
Ferris Wheel Swansea
Holgate Windmill, York
Windmill, York