Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
St Francis of Assisi exhibition at the National Gallery
The first major art exhibition in the UK to explore the life and legacy of Saint Francis of Assisi (1182–1226), one of history’s most inspirational and revered figures, will be staged at the National Gallery next spring.
The exhibition presents the art and imagery of Saint Francis from the 13th century to today and examines how his spiritual radicalism, his commitment to the poor, his love of God and nature, as well as his striving for peace between enemies and openness to dialogue with other religions, make him a figure of enormous relevance to our times...
Graffiti under the bridge: Gallery
Story
If you have not read the story of these graffiti I found under bridge during my regular walks in Thorpe Meadows please go here or click the link above.
As a regular in Thorpe Meadows where we do our walks and cycling I always find this place a nice contrast, the once drab industrial walls transformed by colourful graffiti, juxtaposed with the natural surrounding of trees, grasses and the river nearby. After all, this site is part of Thorpe Meadows, one of the smaller parks that comprise the Ferry Meadows Country Park.
Walking Wicken Fen
Wicken Fen, one of Europe's most important wetlands, supports an abundance of wildlife. There are more than 9000 species, including a spectacular array of plants, birds and dragonflies.
The raised boardwalk and lush grass droves allow easy access to a lost landscape of flowering meadows, sedge and reedbeds, where you can encounter rarities such as hen harriers, water voles and bitterns.
Wicken Fen Vision, an ambitious landscape-scale conservation project, is opening up new areas of land to explore. Our grazing herds of Highland cattle and Konik ponies are helping to create a diverse range of new habitats. (Source: National Trust)
Travel information
Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve (NNR) is in Ely, Cambridgeshire and located southeast of Peterborough. Although about a little over than an hour's drive from Peterborough I have to go to March town to meet my work colleagues. March is about 30 minutes drive from Peterborough and was another 45 minutess drive to Wicken Fen. I went down to the NNR last September 2022 for a site visit together with work colleagues.
Graffiti under the bridge
Gallery
Underneath the Nene Parkway - Longthorpe Flyover in Orton Mere is a hidden gem, a legal graffiti site that is a beauty to behold. Located in Thorpe Meadows where you will find Nene Park’s purpose-built rowing lake, nice riverside walks and a public sculpture collection, these graffiti walls are a very welcome sight to regular walkers and cyclists who have seen this part of the bridge once littered with ugly graffiti by vandals.
I think the reason this place was touched up was because it became a venue for outdoor dance events by a company called Mixology. They held their first dance event in this area in summer of 2021 and I seem to recall passing by this site while out cycling with my wife. I think they were about to start back then as we saw young people walking towards this site, which was fenced off and had a few burly security staff directing them to the venue.
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