Bridging the Gap

Some posts just kind of lure you in!  You could do a Challenge post every day of the week and two on Sundays, if you had the time.  Mostly I look, admire, make a mental note, blink twice and the next Challenge is there before me.  Somehow I’ve completed all my chores with time to spare this weekend, and without further ado, I present Bridges, at the kind invitation of Ailsa at Where’s My Backpack.

Fonte Pequena at Alte, has two little bridges
The Infinity Bridge, Stockton-on-Tees
The beautiful approach to Cordoba and the incomparable Mesquita
A bridge spanning 2 countries, Poland and Germany, at Zgorzelec
An alternative “Bridge of Sighs”, in Cambridge
The River Wear and Framwellgate Bridge, Durham
The Shard, still at construction stage, beyond Tower Bridge
My “Poohsticks bridge”, Valley Gardens, Saltburn-by-the Sea
Barcos rabelos below Dom Luis I Bridge, Porto
Similar but different, Newcastle’s famous Tyne Bridge
And it’s beautiful neighbour, Gateshead’s Millenium Bridge
The setting sun over one of the two road bridges, Tavira
And it wouldn’t be complete without my favourite bridge, and we’re back with the subtle colour.

The wonderful thing about bridges for me is that often they span my favourite element, water.  I love to lean over a bridge and gaze into the depths.  Sometimes they even create beautiful reflections as a bonus- two for the price of one.  Putting them side by side has taken longer than I expected, but now that I have, I’m taken with the contrast between my surly northern skies and the gentler images of Southern Europe.

Click on a photo to see them in gallery form.

Thanks, Ailsa.  I’ve enjoyed my Sunday leisure time.  Come bridge spotting with me over at Ailsa’s?

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  1. I like looking at the challenges but spend far too long thinking about and working on mine that I could never hope to complete one a day and two on Sundays, or nothing else would get done.

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    1. Exactly! Trouble is, it’s very easy to get lured in. Once I’ve taken part, I kind of feel obliged to take part the following week, and feel guilty if I can’t. But life just isn’t long enough, is it? Many thanks for joining me on here. I appreciate it.

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    1. What a tussle I had with the Gallery, David. That’s about my 14th attempt! But it’s fun playing. I hardly dare recommend Porto to you- it’s colder up there than the Algarve (usually).

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