The CC Trig Point bagger thread, now incorporating other interesting geographs

[Richard A Thackeray]

It's not until into the summer, but we've booked a cottage for a week
'We', being; SWMBO, daughter, her chap, myself
Plus 2 dogs, their new Rottweiler puppy (it'll be about 6 months by that time?) & Doris (our Border Terrier)
We'll be taking 2 cars too, just for flexibility
it's in North Yorkshire (historically, it'd have been the West Riding), & only a few dozen yards from the confluence of Oughtershaw Beck & Greenfields Beck, which then become the River Wharfe

I'm sure I'll see plenty of 'geographs'..............

It looks nice, plus an enclosed garden

 

[PeteXXX]

Not mine, but a photo I saw on t'internet...

We could go Triggers International'!! 👌

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 21st
1

Head Gardeners Houae
Thornes Park
Wakefield

There are three parks, that combine to create Wakefield Park, as it's also called; Holmfield Park/Thornes Park/Clarence Park

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/969149
https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/parks-countryside-and-outdoor-spaces/parks/thornes-park/

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 21st
2

Stork there are 2, opposing each other, they're to my right in photo 1
Thornes Park
Wakefield

There are three parks, that combine to create Wakefield Park, as it's also called; Holmfield Park/Thornes Park/Clarence Park

King George Postbox.
Thornes Road
Outside the Park

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/969157
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/969149

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 21st
3

The Secret Garden
Thornes Park
Wakefield

There are three parks, that combine to create Wakefield Park, as it's also called; Holmfield Park/Thornes Park/Clarence Park

I remember this, when it was at Kettlethorpe Hall, & have referred to it earlier in this thread

The 'pinnacle' was removed from 'All Saints'/Wakefield Cathedral
(it's about 10 foot tall)

The columns from the old Market Cross

Both are seen here, at their previous location, at the old Art Gallery, on Wentworth Terrace;
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1220346
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1220344


https://wakefield-hips.blogspot.com/2018/06/7-wakefields-parks-and-secret-garden.html
All 3 items feature here; https://thefollyflaneuse.com/thornes-park-wakefield-west-yorkshire-some-peripatetic-fragments/

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wednesday 22nd
1.

Cross Square
Seen from Wood Street
MaryGate to the right/Bull-Ring to the left
Wakefield

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7734581

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wednesday 22nd
2.

Qubana
(former Barclays Bank)
Junction of Wood Street, Silver Street & MaryGate
Wakefield

There’s a bit of the buildings history here; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/949546

A previous inclusion (daytime, & more images)

You can even dine in the old Vault (the very big door is still there!!)
http://www.qubana.co.uk/

We were in there at 18:30, to eat, 4 of us
SWMBO, daughter, her chap & myself

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 31st


4 Bridges in sight (& 2 hidden)

Aire & Calder Navigation Canal
'Stanley Ferry'
Wakefield

1.(& 2.) The swing-bridge is a reasonably new structure, as the previous one had a fairly rotten (planked) deck, when it re-opened, the footbridge was closed
3. The grade 1 listed aquaduct can be seen. there are another 2 bridges hidden out of site, beyond 'Calder Row' (the terraces), all three span the River Calder
4. The road-bridge to Altofts is discernible in the distance (or see the aerial geograph photograph)

I rode over the 'Trash Screen Bridge', then upstream alongside the Calder, along the old railway embankment
It still has some detritus on it, from the high water levels

Ramsdens Bridge; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6493092

Grade 1 aquaduct; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6929731
https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101261690-stanley-ferry-aqueduct-normanton

'Trash-screen bridge' (& 1980s concrete aquaduct); https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6918432

All 6 can be seen here; looking in the same direction as me; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3095826

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 2nd
1

Aire & Calder Navigation Canal
Altofts
Wakefield

Between 'Stanley Ferry' & Birkwood Lock

Approximately here, but seen in the opposite direction; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7122305

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 2nd
2.

Birkwood Lock ( the boat is heading towards Wakefield)
Aire & Calder Navigation Canal
Altofts
Wakefield

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7419081

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 7th
1.
Boroughbridge Road/A168 (the 'old'/dual-carriageway A1)
Just north of Wetherby, via jct 46/'new' A1)

When the northbound carriageway was dug up, & turned into (quite hidden!!) cycleway/footpath/bridleway), all the spoil/planings were just mounded
As for the bridge?, why alter it, as it still does the same job!!!

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4793178

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 7th
2.

Boroughbridge Road/A168 (the 'old'/dual-carriageway A1)
Just north of Wetherby, via jct 46/'new' A1)

The boundary wall, to Allerton Park
It stretches for a reasonable distance

The 'Temple Of Victory'

The 'old' A1; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4776566
The 'Temple'; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/798890
https://www.allertoncastle.co.uk
https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-temple-of-victory-allerton-mauleverer-yorkshire/

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 7th
3.

Chald Lane
WestGate Common
Wakefield

Unusual 'porches'!
I'd entered Wakefield, via Dewsbury Road, after leaving the M1, at jct 40, so noticed these, en-route to 'Pets r Us' (as we call it)

And a converted workshop/stable??

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3545502

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 11th

Post Box topper
Main foyer
Pinderfields General Hospital
Wakefield

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 11th

Market Place
Pontefract

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101135456-1-market-place-pontefract-north-ward

It’s to the right; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7703116