Out of line

Not the most sensible place to stand I know but I've stood in far worse places and after my disappointment in Burghley park earlier and now seeing the sky alight as I cycled home I decided to try my hand at the local railway station knowing the line faced east.

The dawn itself wasn't disappointing in the slightest but the station platform was not how I remembered it. It was once a very pretty little station adorned with flowers and a typical old wooden platform awning even more elaborate than the one opposite. Sadly it appears to have been replaced with a cheap metal fascia which is such a shame considering the excellent carpentry skills available in the town.

Unfortunately this isn't the only disappointing 'improvement' in the town, more recently a selection of very large planters, the kind you might find outside Buckingham palace, have been placed in the small town square with no thought given to the fact that the square sits on an incline making the planters look quite ridiculous! And as for the pedestrianisation of the high street several years ago, well don't get me started on that one...*SIGH!*

 

Thank you for passing through :)

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