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| Isn't it long? |
This extraordinary bridge spans the River Humber, linking the English counties of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It is very long - was, until very recently, the longest single span bridge in the world. I understand that China now has a longer span bridge. The bridge is 2.2 kilometres long - 1.4 miles. That's pretty long.
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| Support team (missing Janet) |
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| Image courtesy of Neil Holmes Photography |
There's a lovely country park/nature reserve below it on the North side and the mudflats of that estuary are important in terms of birds, seals and plants. The park is particularly noted for the range of butterflies as well as for important birds and for bats. The area is not noted for coffee shops although we were grateful for the burger stand which supplied us with same on the way there and back. There had been a nice coffee place ('Mrs B's') but Mrs B became ill and the Council will only offer a one-year lease so no-one feels able to take on the setting up of another one. This is amazing given the huge number of people who come there to walk or cycle across the bridge or to explore the park and shoreline. There are two huge car parks and the only refreshments available are this burger stand. Hard for me to understand, given my priorities for a day out!
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| Image courtesy of Neil Homes Photography |
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| Thanks to Janet for this pic |
Anyway, back to the bridge-biking. I was thrilled by the support of
Richard Bearman, a Green Councillor from Norwich, who came up from Norwich with his wife to cross this bridge with me. He had chummed me, and provided chocolate brownies, on
Bridge 8, Nottingham's River Trent. Travelling all this way after a late-night birthday party (his 60th) is real dedication to our cause - thanks Richard and Janet. Janet walked across and took photos at the other end.
Jon Bolton, a colleague from Scotland, came by with his family to support the crossing and brought his friend,
Neil Holmes. Neil is a
professional photographer and very generously took great shots of us with the bridge behind. I was so impressed that he knew exactly the best place for photos. He even enlisted some passing cyclists to add ambience to the shoot. It felt a bit like getting married so it was probably best that Richard's wife had gone on ahead to walk across the bridge :-).
Off we went, again a pair on Brompton bikes. I am told that the collective noun for Bromptons is a 'fold'. I love that. Thanks again to everyone involved in this lovely outing.
This extraordinary bridge spans the River Humber, linking the English counties of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It is very long - was, until very recently, the longest single span bridge in the world. I understand that China now has a longer span bridge. The bridge is 2.2 kilometres long - 1.4 miles. That's pretty long.
There's a lovely country park/nature reserve below it on the North side and the mudflats of that estuary are important in terms of birds, seals and plants. The park is particularly noted for the range of butterflies as well as for important birds and for bats. The area is not noted for coffee shops although we were grateful for the burger stand which supplied us with same on the way there and back. There had been a nice coffee place ('Mrs B's') but Mrs B became ill and the Council will only offer a one-year lease so no-one feels able to take on the setting up of another one. This is amazing given the huge number of people who come there to walk or cycle across the bridge or to explore the park and shoreline. There are two huge car parks and the only refreshments available are this burger stand. Hard for me to understand, given my priorities for a day out!
