These past days have been miserable with dreadful weather and no possibility of gardening. Walter de la Mare’s November echoes the feelings of these days very well:
November
There is wind where the rose was,
Cold rain where sweet grass was,
And clouds like sheep
Stream o’er the steep
Grey skies where the lark was.
Nought warm where your hand was,
Nought gold where your hair was,
But phantom, forlorn,
Beneath the thorn,
Your ghost where your face was.
Cold wind where your voice was,
Tears, tears where my heart was,
And ever with me,
Child, ever with me,
Silence where hope was.
Walter de la Mare
Fortunately, today brought a change, a break in the rain, some sunshine, some blue sky and a long overdue opportunity for a walk:
These photographs show the Red Iron Bridge, a railway bridge crossing the River Suir outside Waterford. It brought the Cork to Waterford line across the river to the train station. The bridge was closed in the late 60s, reopened in the 70s and closed again in the 80s. The central span was removed about ten years ago and it stored locally. The last photograph is of the Thomas Francis Meagher Bridge which opened about ten years ago. In the background of the photographs of the Red Iron Bridge is Tory Hill in south Co. Kilkenny.
A keen amateur gardener. Interested in wildflowers with a particular interest in native Irish orchids.
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You are so lucky to have such a nice walk close to home! My daily walks have become so hazardous with my local road being turned into a river that I have abandoned them for the moment! For the moment its back to circuits of the garden – can I cover all the winding paths without retracing my steps???
The start of the Waterford Greenway is about a kilometre away from us – less if we wished to walk across two fields to it but they are too mucky to do this at the moment. It’s very convenient at the moment.
You are so lucky to have such a nice walk close to home! My daily walks have become so hazardous with my local road being turned into a river that I have abandoned them for the moment! For the moment its back to circuits of the garden – can I cover all the winding paths without retracing my steps???
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The start of the Waterford Greenway is about a kilometre away from us – less if we wished to walk across two fields to it but they are too mucky to do this at the moment. It’s very convenient at the moment.
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