In the last part I’d just walked under the A31, a short walk on, and the Lady Wimborne Bridge (pictured above) appears . I can imagine a steam train running under it . The fact is, it never did – it ran over the top! The bridge was built to allow the path to the Canford Manor/School, to not be blocked by the train, and also to give it it’s height to get over the river, just to the right.
At the foot of the left hand side starts a small flight of steps to allow access to the top. There was a lovely collection of wall plants I stopped to make a photo of, then I explored the top – nothing much there apart from a tiny fragment of what was once the track bed, and a flight of steps leading down to the river bank.
Continuing on the path emerges through the once entrance gate to the Canford property and the turnstile gate is still there, as is the once gate house!
A right turn takes me to the River Stour, and Canford Bridge, an old bridge only just big enough to carry two lanes of traffic, so a modern footbridge has been added to it’s western side. This leads into the centre of Wimborne.
Just after the bridge and a right turn takes me to a mini industrial estate where the Wimborne Railway Station once stood. It won’t surprise you to know this is called Station Road! It’s all gone now, apparently there is a plaque somewhere to mark the spot, but I couldn’t find it.
Having had a sandwich and a coffee in town I started my way back – but this time of the town side of the river. The path from here is, while not part of the Castleman Trail actually where the train would have run, as it left the station, then a small embankment to cross the river, then within yards go over the Lady Wimborne Bridge, full circle back to the start of this post!
That bridge from the start it hidden away in the trees the other side of the river!
Chatter: Pentax Spotmatic SP, with the 50mm and mostly 35mm Takumar’s, on the old movie Ilford FP4 stock, I’m bulk loading my way through. Processed in Ilford ID11, 1+3.2, for 20 mins at 20°.
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Hi,
I hope you are now fully recovered from the dreaded Covid. I have been following you blog for quite a while. My own photography has taken a bit of a backseat due to ‘another hobby’ snowballing and displacing everything else – but your blog keeps me enthused about getting back into the swing as soon as other matters have calmed down a bit.
I was hoping to pick your brains about scanning. You obviously have a reliable and successful development and scanning regime, I hope you might like to share details of your work flow on one of your posts? I have scanned a few negatives but it seems excessively time consuming and doesn’t give me the quality I can see in other peoples scans, including yours. Any pointers would be most gratefully received!
Steve
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Hi Steve! Many thanks for your kind comments – much appreciated! Yes, I’m over Covid as far as I can tell, although it seems to have left me with a “clearing the throat” cough! I will do a post about the developing and scanning process I use, I’m not sure I can add much to what is already available, there are many people out there much more skilled than I, but I should write more about photography, than just showing my photo’s, and that’s a good a place as any to start. It may take a week or two to get it together – so watch this space!! Cheers and best wishes Andy
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