A few pics from a short and hot sunny walk locally around Woodcote:-
Bridgewater Canal & Budenberg from Broadheath bridge.
The two main apartment buildings of
Budenberg, one of the
Urban Splash regeneration projects, were inspired by the shape of ocean liners and overhang the canal, at once suggesting the appearance of two large ships in dock with a battleship-grey aesthetic to match. Very unusual and quite appealing (to us anyway) when seen from the canal, but from the road on the opposite side, the entrance is very stark and evokes a prison.
Entering Woodcote area:-
Much of this area is scrubby heathland and small trees, pleasant today in the sunshine with nobody about but has little to draw the eye. The track passes around a large fenced array of solar panels working overtime today.
Woodcote pools:-
These pools appear to be excellent wildlife habitats but are surrounded by a stout lattice fence preventing close observation. The camera lens would just about fit in the fence hole for an awkwardly taken shot.
The velvety green area left of centre is not grass, it's part of the pool covered by duckweed and other surface vegetation.
Descending to the trackbed at Woodcote bridge:-
We returned along the disused rail trackbed from Woodcote bridge and Sinderland Brook.
Sinderland Brook at Woodcote:-