On the way out of Somerset, we stopped off in Bristol. I (Ben) had been to the waterfront museums here as a kid, and it seemed a tempting place to break the journey, not least because there was a free, covered museum on what promised to be a soggy day.
Oh look, a railway :) In my defence, photographing and writing articles about railway lines is my side hustle, and in any case the trains weren't running so The Childs at least missed out on my inflicting more train rides on them.
It was interesting seeing a preserved railway line running down the street, something of a rarity in Britain, so it was a pity the railway wasn't operating. It would be tempting to come back on a running day, though it's a bit of a commute from Yorkshire...
Study of the tracks; Elder Child was taking lots of pictures as research for her school art project, so I got in on the action.
Tut tut, shouldn't walk along railway tracks :)
I'd forgotten how interesting it was down here, the cranes and ships were very eyecatching.
The museum was stuffed full of interesting artefacts, and it's great to see a museum that's clearly had some money spent on it.
Plenty for the Model Making Blog as well.
Back outside to eat lunch on the quayside, and time for some slightly more abstract studies of the cranes.
Walking back to the car, and some more studies of the railway line. Sadly much of it seems to be getting closed down and built over, in the rush to construct a guided busway. Well, I say a rush, it seems to have been in progress since 2017 so nobody can be trying very hard to lay the concrete in a hurry.
Younger Child has been taking after me with the extreme low-angle shots, clearly, as she'd borrowed my phone for a few pics as we passed the stabled stock.
An interesting couple of hours; shame we were only passing, it would be nice to come back again at some point.
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