Friday, January 25, 2013

Sept 2012: Watford Arches

 

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So I am riding down to Watford and beyond, here’s a series of shots of the Watford Arches, a viaduct which is very impressive

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But before you do that, you cross this lovely little park. And then you ride down to the right and then turn right again

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Here are the Watford arches

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There is a retail shopping park

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See? quite a lot of big stores there, but nothing much to see on this side of the road, so I ride on to Saint Albans

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On the way back, I check out this railway viaduct closely

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its massive construction



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those Victorians knew how to build their stuff.

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It was raining…

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And you can see the solidity of the pillars..

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And you ride through the arches to find something that’s very interesting.

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Its an obelisk standing on the side of the road.

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With a very very faded and obscured coat of royal arms.

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There must have been a plaque there once.

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It was erected here to mark the boundary of London, after this, a duty was paid on any coal brought into this city.

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The other side of the arches

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The arches haven't been maintained properly, you can see the shrubs taking root on the brickwork..

The place is surrounded with a little park

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Approaching the traffic nightmare…you cannot imagine that just 100 meters beyond this cool, calm, quiet, leafy place is one of the most nightmarish traffic junctions in England.

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Beautiful, if you ignore the graffiti on the pillars

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It was tough riding and taking photos…lovely place, none the less..

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