Sept 2012: An abandoned platform for trains which will never stop there

I decided to push on beyond St. Albans this ride

I cross this adorable little drawbridge..

Its a very quiet early morning, with a mirror finish canal

Till it falls over into the gaps

A lock on one side and a sluice gate on the other

One can get very hypnotised just watching the water flow over the little dam

And down it flows



I am on the bridge watching the still waters..

The cross shadows

The spiders are up early

Crossing Rickmansworth Aquadrome

Shadow…

I reach the Alban Way. It was originally a railway track. Once transportation links became much better, there was no need for the railway, but the railway bed was then converted into a jogging and bike track.

The bridge is still old

You can see the telegraph repeater

The various sign posts for bike tracks.

I ride along

And then this platform emerges out of the distance

nothing much

Nothing really..

But I reached out and touched the brick and concrete structure. You could feel the emotions which have sunk into the platform, people who waited on the platform to go to London, people who came back from London, this platform has seen so many emotions and people over decades..

And then this giant massive arch

It just emerges out of the gloom

Whoa, big big bugger

Massive

You can ride two trains through this

It really looks big

Bit discoloured now

But one cannot see this from the other side


Bit hidden behind the trees, but massive, and also angled..quite interesting. I am going to push on beyond the Alban Way one day..