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Our second visit to this site on a bright warm Spring day, looking down through the many locks heading into Audlem (Cheshire)
At Audlem on the Shropshire Union canal there is a run of 15 locks descending into and through the village as you head north
A sunny late summer afternoon at Five Locks, Pontnewydd on the Mon and Brec Canal near Cwmbran. Perfect for a walk after a visit to lovely nearby Trio's Tea Room who celebrated their 7th birthday today.
"Locks of Love"
I headed down to the Town of Kansas Bridge near the Missouri River hoping to capture some sunset images from that vantage point. As usual, I got to my location quite early to find the best spots to set up. The observation deck holds literally hundreds “Locks of Love”. The placing of love locks is a custom whereby couples affix a padlock to a bridge, fence, gate or similar fixture so pronouncing their unbreakable and everlasting love. I was rewarded with some passing clouds and some magnificent streaks of light just before the sun went down.
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Black and white re-edit of a shot from March 2019. A year that was peak street photography for me so far, thanks to the pandemic and my back, but hopefully I can pick up where I left of sometime in the future. I hope you are enjoying my re-edits and hidden archive shots in the meantime. Stay safe my Flickr friends.
What Is a Love Lock?
A love lock is a padlock couples place on a bridge, fence, statue, or installation to commemorate their indestructible bond. Often the padlocks are engraved with the couple’s name and the date while others go further with ribbons and stickers.
The love lock tradition purportedly dates back to a Serbian World War One romance tale. Its popularity in recent years can, however, be traced to the 2006 best-selling Italian novel-turned-film, Ho Voglia di Te (“I Want You”) by Federico Moccia. In the book, a couple affixes a love lock to Rome’s Ponte Milvio bridge to declare their love unbreakable. Since then, enamoured sweethearts have been doing the same around the world.
The love locks at the Wynyard Quarter Silo Park are the only locks I've seen in NZ. While most around the world I've seen are along bridges, there is a fence that is full of love locks along the harbour in Auckland.
I took this on my new tripod tonight at the Canadian Sault Locks. There is a feral cat in the right side of the shot. There is a note over the cat.
Always a great place to take a photograph of the sunset. The reflections and the trees make the place.
The University Footbridge over the River Torrens that has increasingly become the place to declare eternal love with locks. I went hunting for my friends' love lock but alas there were too many.
Canadian wildfires have had a severe effect on the Northeast for the last couple of weeks. Depending on where you are, the haze and burning odor are more prominent than other locations. Windsor Locks wasn't too bad on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, when I shot Connecticut Southern CSO-4 rolling south toward Hartford with 54 cars. The grey B39-8E leader sums up how it has been with mother nature and forest fires from thousands of miles away.
Video: youtu.be/Xd-zrq_LDFA
Not sure why, but people are determined to leave locks attached to fences in the vicinity of the Golden Gate Bridge. However, removal of locks happens on a regular basis, along with removal of graffiti.
View of old locks closing canal de la Martinière near Nantes - France
Le canal de la Martinière longe la rive sud de l'Estuaire de la Loire en s'éloignant au maximum de 5 à 6 kilomètres du fleuve. La longueur du canal est d'environ 15 kilomètres. Après 10 ans de travaux, avec des machines et du matériel ayant servi à la construction du canal de Suez, le canal est mis en activité en 1892. Le canal de la Martinière est fermé par trois écluses : l’écluses de la Martinière (à l'est), du Carnet (à l'ouest) et des Champs-Neufs à mi-chemin du canal. Durant 20 ans, jusqu’en 1913, le canal connaît une intense période d'activité. Ensuite la batellerie fluviale y circule jusqu'en 1943. Il devient un cimetière des grands voiliers entre 1921 et 1927. Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les Allemands l'occupent, puis les Américains, de 1957 à 1967, y stockeront du matériel de l'OTAN. Le canal maritime est fermé à la navigation en 1959. Dans les années 1960, grâce à plusieurs aménagements, notamment les vannes de la Martinière, de Buzay et du Carnet, le canal devient l'outil de régulation hydraulique du Pays de Retz.
moving away at most 5 to 6 kilometers from the river. The length of the canal is approximately 15 kilometers. After 10 years of work, with machines and equipment used in the construction of the Suez Canal, the canal was put into operation in 1892. The Martinière canal was closed by three locks: the Martinière locks (at east), Carnet (to the west) and Champs-Neufs halfway along the canal. For 20 years, until 1913, the canal experienced an intense period of activity. Then the inland waterways circulated there until 1943. It became a cemetery for tall ships between 1921 and 1927. During the Second World War, the Germans occupied it, then the Americans, from 1957 to 1967, would store the equipment there. 'NATO. The maritime canal was closed to navigation in 1959. In the 1960s, thanks to several improvements, in particular the Martinière, Buzay and Carnet gates, the canal became the hydraulic regulation tool of the Pays de Retz.
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Piaza del Conde de Miranda, Madrid.
Pequeña plaza peatonal en el casco antiguo medieval de la ciudad.
La Plaza del Conde de Miranda está situada en el denominado «Madrid de los Austrias» entre la Plaza Mayor y la Plaza de la Villa, centro histórico de la ciudad.