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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

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 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.

Beautiful

Rik

You could picture that image in an early Hollywood movie of what 'they' think a typical English village should look like..... perfection!

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 a beautiful bridge. I have no plans for one on my line, but all these bridge threads are weakening my resolve!

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!