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by ge_rik » Mon Sep 17, 2018 7:49 pm
philipy wrote: ↑Mon Sep 17, 2018 3:50 pm
Lonsdaler wrote: ↑Mon Sep 17, 2018 3:40 pm
A nice 'stone' arched bridge would compliment your stream beautifully I think!
Funnily enough I've been scouring the 'net for stone bridge pictures these last couple of days.
I keep shifting my thoughts around how best to fit a stone arch to a Rik style stone lined stream, but I think the ideas are crystalising now.
Sounds intriguing. Be interested to see the outcome.
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by Lonsdaler » Thu Sep 20, 2018 5:02 pm
ge_rik wrote: ↑Mon Sep 17, 2018 7:49 pm
philipy wrote: ↑Mon Sep 17, 2018 3:50 pm
Lonsdaler wrote: ↑Mon Sep 17, 2018 3:40 pm
A nice 'stone' arched bridge would compliment your stream beautifully I think!
Funnily enough I've been scouring the 'net for stone bridge pictures these last couple of days.
I keep shifting my thoughts around how best to fit a stone arch to a Rik style stone lined stream, but I think the ideas are crystalising now.
Sounds intriguing. Be interested to see the outcome.
Rik
This is the most attractive stone bridge I know
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It's called 'Brokken bridge', and is in Clapham, North Yorkshire. It's an old packhorse bridge, now just a pedestrian route over the local beck.
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by ge_rik » Thu Sep 20, 2018 7:30 pm
Beautiful
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by Peter Butler » Thu Sep 20, 2018 9:11 pm
You could picture that image in an early Hollywood movie of what 'they' think a typical English village should look like..... perfection!
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by philipy » Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:49 am
That bridge is lovely, and as Peter said it is a 'typical' British idyllic scene. Peter, I'm sure your idyllic village needs a copy??
However, I feel that it might collapse at the mere thought of having to carry the weight of a train! On that subject I have now gone back to my own Stream thread on the subject of a stone bridge.
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by IanC » Fri Sep 21, 2018 11:37 am
Yes, it's a beautiful bridge. I have no plans for one on my line, but all these bridge threads are weakening my resolve!
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by Lonsdaler » Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:30 pm
philipy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:49 am
That bridge is lovely, and as Peter said it is a 'typical' British idyllic scene. Peter, I'm sure your idyllic village needs a copy??
However, I feel that it might collapse at the mere thought of having to carry the weight of a train! On that subject I have now gone back to my own Stream thread on the subject of a stone bridge.
Yes, it's already suffered a sagging of the arch many years ago ( just visible in the dip of the parapet at rear left. At the risk of stating the obvious, the name Brokken refers to the fact that it is broken! I wasn't thinking in terms of a rail crossing Philip, but it would make a nice 'incidemtal feature. I may have to move it from Clapham Beck to the River Greta!
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