Today, Paula is looking for Traces of the Past. Last week, I posted an image of a tunnel at the old Welsh Highland Railway, which had been abandoned many years before. This is an image from the same tunnel, but looking the other way, along the narrow trackbed. A lonely and very atmospheric place. I did once try to write a poem….
Welsh Highland Railway circa 1984
This railway has now been restored and brought back to life for steam enthusiasts and tourists…something about which I am very ambivalent.
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You certainly captured a feel of desolation in that place, Sue.
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanks, Pete…well it might have been October, and of course it can be very wet in North Wales, so it instantly looks a bit forlorn!
A perfect choice, Sue.
Glad you think so, Tish!
I’d be too. I like places with less tourists which lets me dream about the past. I love your choice for this B&W Sunday. Thank you, Sue. This is right up your and my alley 🙂
We do have similar ideas on old things, Paula!
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That puddle is perfectly placed to create a balance image. I almost be live you arranged it there as you arrange your still lifes. I want to walk through the tunnel and along that track.
Haha, Meg….my post processing isn’t up to such wizardry! It’s the same puddle as in my last image of this place, just looking the other way!
“In between” the good old days and restoration……I guess that was the best time 🙂
Perhaps so!
I dare hardly confess to being a sometime tourist 😦 Do you make exceptions, Sue? 🙂 🙂 It’s a wonderfully atmospheric composition.
Glad you like it Jo! Now, I am a tourist from time to time, but I was just referring to the memories of this place, it does stir the emotions in me…
That’s nice to know, Sue. Sorry to be flippant. 😦
Been scuttling about for the past hour or so trying to organise the offspring. He’s off to Brum and final exams now so I can collapse in a heap and focus on tomorrow’s walk. 🙂
Jo, don’t apologise – I am a past master at flippancy myself! Hope you can put your feet up soon 😀
I mostly agree, and much prefer places like the Tarka Trail where they become part of a walking and cycle trail, but I suppose something has to fund the upkeep. Just hope they’ve done it well.
So do I, Gilly…not sure I will ever go….
I have a preference for B&W photos, and this is most evocative…write that poem! 😉
We’ll see!
Such good contrast in this photo.
Thank you, Victoria – glad you like it – it was a scan from an old negative, and took a bit of adjustment in post-processing to get it right!
Okay Ansel Adams. :0)
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Excellent shot, Sue. It definitely calls for a poem or a haiku at the very least.
Oh, don’t you start!!😉
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Definitely. Haiku
Maybe
This photo is also a very great veiw. Lovely in black & white.
Glad you like this, Lena!
I hope your ambivalence only extends to steam enthusiasts and not to tourists in general! I quite like an old steam engine, but wouldn’t go out of my way to track one down. The old lines do make good walking trails though. I actually find this shot rather oppressive. But then I dislike being inside tunnels or caves and from this angle I can imagine myself inside. [shiver]
Jude, my ambivalence refers to the restoration of this line, as I rather liked in its abandoned state, as here… As for the tunnel, it was very short, and you could see out at both ends if you stood in the middle
That’s alright then, I feel much better now 🙂
Good!
Your B&W is the perfect treatment for this one Sue. Very nostalgic
Nostalgic is the word, Tina!
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