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Antonine Wall above Roughcastle Tunnel
Posted in History, Trips at 12:00 on 1 November 2023
I mentioned in an earlier post, about the Falkirk Wheel, that the boat trip through the Roughcastle Tunnel takes you under the Antonine Wall.
It’s only a short walk uphill from the Tunnel’s entrance to some remains of the wall. Unlike its perhaps more famous counterpart further south, the stone built Hadrian’s Wall, the Antonine Wall was only ever a turfed barrier with a ditch. It’s all overgrown now:-
Information board:-
Falkirk Wheel Aqueduct
Posted in Curiosities, Trips at 20:00 on 31 October 2023
Falkirk Wheel Trip Turn Round Point
Posted in Curiosities, Trips at 12:00 on 31 October 2023
Emerging from the Roughcastle Tunnel leads the boat into a canal basin which has a lock connecting to the Union Canal. the lock is too small to allow the Falkirk Wheel’s boats through:-
Roughcastle Tunnel entrance from basin:-
Closer view showing aqueduct beyond:-
Boat approaching Roughcastle Tunnel from Falkirk Wheel:-
I shot the above video from the path which leads to the Antonine Wall above the Roughcastle Tunnel, from where there is a view towards the aqueduct:-
Falkirk Wheel Trip Videos
Posted in Curiosities, Trips at 20:30 on 29 October 2023
On boat:-
Mechanism:-
Leaving wheel to approach Roughcastle Tunnel:-
On wheel while it rotated:-
Wheel arm rotating:-
Trip on Falkirk Wheel
Posted in Curiosities, Trips at 12:00 on 29 October 2023
Our previous visit to the Falkirk Wheel was in 2015. I posted about it here.
In April we visited again but this time took a trip on the wheel.
On boat:-
Wheel mechanism from boat:-
The wheel’s arch:-
The trip involves a journey through the Roughcastle Tunnel (which goes under the Antonine Wall!):-
The lights in the tunnel change colour_
Tunnel exit:-
View from Wheel:-
Wetherby
Posted in War Memorials, Trips at 12:00 on 27 September 2023
Wealso stopped off at Wetherby, which we have visited before. I featured its War Memorial here, but took more photos this time
Memorial:-
Great War dedication “In honour and everlasting memory of the men of Wetherby who fell in the Great War 1914-1918” and name plaques:-
World War 2 Dedication and name plaques:-
The River Wharfe was quite high when we visited in 2014. It was much lower this time. The last time we couldn’t see the weir! Note the metal salmon leaping from just below the wheel:-
Thirsk
Posted in Cinemas, Trips, Bridges at 12:00 on 25 September 2023
Thirsk is a town in North Yorkshire. We’d never visited before so dropped in on our way back up from Knaresborough and Harrogate.
The Clock Tower in the market place was decorated for Remembrance Day:-
I spotted the Ritz Cinema:-
And this nice bridge over the Cod Beck:-
Tadcaster War Memorial
Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 23 September 2023
Tadcaster is a town in North Yorkshire. Its War Memorial is a white stone pillar on an octagonal base and surmounted by a cross. In the background is one of Tadcaster’s three breweries:-
Memorial from side, showing carvings:-
Dedications: “In honour of the men of Tadcaster who gave their lives that others might live in freedom. 1914-1919. See ye to it that their names are not forgotten.”
“In honour of those men who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War 1939 – 1945.” Name plaques for both World Wars:-
More name plaques:-
Garden of Remembrance, Tadcaster War Memorial:-
Carvings:-
Harrogate War Memorial
Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 16 September 2023
Harrogate is a town in West Yorkshire. We visited it in Novemeber 2022. Its War Memorial is a huge tapering stone obelisk on a square base in the monumenatl municipal style. It lies by the main A 61 road through the town.
Dedication. “Our Glorious Dead, 1914-1918, 1939-1945”:-
Side views:-
Frieze of bugler:-
Frieze of Victory:-
Great War Names:-
Names for both World Wars:-
Poppy Crosses by Harrogate War Memorial:-
VC Recipients Plaque, below Harrogate War Memorial:-
Poppies for Remembrance, outside Betty’s Tea Rooms, Harrogate:-