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Pooley Bridge
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wst / dsm - Pooley

wst / dsm - Pooley
The temporary "Bailey" bridge installed by Cumbria County Council to replace the original stone built one that was destroyed by flooding in December 2015.
Image captured from "Granny Dowbenkin's Tea Room / Garden - a favourite place that we have been unable to visit whilst the bridge was down. During this period some wag amended the village sign with tape, by covering the Bridge in Pooley Bridge.
I hope that the permanent replacement is done properly ... the beautiful original was listed.

, Roger Dodger, Xata, and 4 other people have particularly liked this photo


9 comments - The latest ones
 Puzzler4879
Puzzler4879
Nicely composed shot!
7 years ago.
 FMW51
FMW51 club
I like it very much!
HFF to you too
7 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Beautifully composed.
7 years ago.
 LutzP
LutzP club
...as Ben said. But a nice wooden fence. HFF Stone Road, enjoy the weekend
7 years ago.
 Polyrus
Polyrus
Bailey bridges have their place in history and this is a good shot of one proving its worth.

HFF to you!
7 years ago.
 Tractacus
Tractacus club
Cumbria seems to get more than its fair share of bad weather...
7 years ago.
 ╰☆☆June☆☆╮
╰☆☆June☆☆╮ club
Beautiful, well done.
Have a great weekend
7 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Fences, HHF!
7 years ago.
 StoneRoad2013
StoneRoad2013 club
Thanks, all.
I remember Bailey Bridges being used in this way from almost 50 years ago to provide links after storm damage, although there was at least one at the Gateshead Garden Festival in 1990 that was planned to be there., although only for the duration.

more info ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailey_bridge
7 years ago.

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