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Staple Hill Tunnel

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Photoblog: 29 Jul 2005

Bristol and Bath Railway Path, formerly a branch of the Midlands Railway. Closed in the 60s as the Great Western Railway also ran between the two cities. Now a nice long flat cycleway (part of National Cycle Network Route 4) with few obstacles.

An observation several years later: I took this when I first got into photography, in spring 2004, and it remains popular, as well as one of my favourites, despite the technical flaws, both of the camera and of the operator. It's not down to anything on my part, but has everything to do with the light and subject, which were handed to me. If I were the sort to endulge in pseuds, I'd insert some nonsense here about the contrasts between the new spring growth, and the lengthening evening shadows, the old path and the new path, the brief interval of darkness, and the "cycle" way.

Well, at least I'm not so into pseuds that I write them out long-hand.

Gosh, now I want to rename this "Cycleway".

Keywords: Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Bristol, England, NCN4, National Cycle Network, Staple Hill tunnel, Staple Hill, UK, dismantled railways, perspective, tunnels

Taken by Joe Dunckley on 2002-01-01 00:01:41 with: FinePixA204 at 14.3 mm 620/100 0.006 sec (1/160) ISO 100 |

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corbs83

2006-05-14 11:28:34

Although closing all these railway lines was a mistake in most places, it has left the UK with some good quality cycle tracks! How long is the route between Bristol and Bath? 15 miles?

Joe Dunckley

2006-05-14 15:54:24

That sounds about right. It loops up through north Bristol before going back to following the Avon, so it's slightly longer than the more direct routes.

Sheherazad Bhote

2006-05-16 22:47:00

Beautifully illuminated during Brunel's 200th. Did you see it?

Joe Dunckley

2006-05-17 00:10:51

I haven't been in the country since July, so no. Was there any particular reason for chosing this location to illuminate? Did they just do the whole city, or only relevant places? This was on the Midland line, Brunel's competitors!

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