Holy matrimony! That'll teach me to be a bit more considerate about Bradford. I like the line about 'the beauty spot'. I presume it's marked with an 'X' on the ground?
Joking aside, I bow to your Bradford travelog and in the time-honoured tradition that has become my M.O., I'll try anything once. I'm much more at home wandering the wilds - architecture and buildings are not my cup of tea, good as the may be. I must be at 'that age'.... Regards, Cot >Hey Cotty, don't underestimate Bradford! > >In addition to the "meejah museum", Bradford has some >outstanding 19th century Victorian public buildings plus >some stunning new ones too. Of course you really need to be >into architectural photography (wish I could afford an >SMC-Pentax shift lens!) but some of the townscapes are quite >inspiring. It's a city centre to be enjoyed with a 20mm or >24mm wide angle lens and a 135mm telephoto or 70-210mm zoom >... it's not the place for your 50mm lens but a 35mm would >be a good choice for a third lens. > >Within easy reach of Bradford is the city of Leeds for more >of the same, plus a new yet thriving cafe society (neon, >chrome, all those reflections!) in the fastest growing city >economy in Britain. > >Saltaire, which is effectively a northern suburb of the City >of Bradford, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with >magnificent stone mills and a whole village of housing built >to accommodate the mill employees from top to bottom of the >ladder. The extremely high quality of design, choice of >materials and construction have meant that the village has >survived the near-demise of the textile industry visually >almost unscathed. To add colour, there are boat rides on >the canal and a funicular railway up to the nearby beauty >spot. > >Also within easy reach are the Colne Valley, Wharfedale and >the Pennine moorlands above Hebden Bridge (itself an >architectural GEM) and towards Haworth. This is Bronte >country, a distinctive and magnificent moorland landscape >with deep steep-sided valleys cutting into the bleak moors >that are so well described in the sritings of the Bronte >sisters. Industrial architecture is the order of the day, >with outstanding stone built woollen mills sited proudly >next to fast flowing moorland streams. There is a steam >railway running via Haworth (pronounced "Howarth") to >Keighley if that's what rings you bell (or sounds your >whistle!). > >Finally I should mention the Victorian elegance of the >delightful Wharfedale spa town of Ilkley with its adjacent >high moor of musical renown. The music hall song "On Ilkley >Moor baht'at" describes the privations of being caught in a >wintry storm on the bleakest of moors without headgear - >"baht'at" is translated into the lesser form of English as >"without a hat". > >I have no doubt that Bradford would be an excellent centre >for UKPDMLers' exploits. > >Have you considered York? ____________________________________ Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ ____________________________________ Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.macads.co.uk/ ____________________________________
