France, Paris: Eiffel Tower
Constructed from 1887 to 1889, it is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Locally nicknamed "La dame de fer", it was built as the centrepiece of the 1889 World's Fair.
England, London, Coulsdon: Cane Hill Asylum (now demolished)
HereUpon these ghostly shadowsOf men and womenThere are no smilesSinglyThey mingleWith the greyness of the wallsAnd at strange anglesThey travel onTo nowhereEach a nucleusOf sadness and despairSmallOr no conversationPasses their cigarette-stained lipsThey sitThe lonely onesSitting eternallyIn institutionsThat have become their eyesThat have become their armsTheir legsThey are empty nowJust shells moving back and forthUpon a shoreOf some uncharted beachUp steep green hillsThey lingerLike the darkest thoughtsThat…
USA, Vermont, Winooski: Abandoned Mills
Winooski is an old mill town built intentionally on a series of cascades on its namesake river that would power the mills. The textile mills both lifted the city up, and then let it fall when the industry went bust. The flood of 1927 was particularly harsh on business, when swells of rapid watery destruction decimated most of the buildings along the riverfront. The mills never…
Italy, Turin: Borgo Medievale
A 19th-century reproduction of a riverside medieval village with houses, workshops, castle & gardens.
England, East Sussex: Brighton Old Pier and Seafront
Brighton is not my favourite place to go, I don't have good memories there; however, the one place I always loved no matter what was going on was by the old pier. The beach is mostly a windswept pebble pit, but like anywhere, there are always ways to find interesting perspectives. Parking is hard to come by near the city, but it's easy enough to walk to…
England, Hampshire, Winchester: Cathedral and Castle
I passed through Winchester on my way to the New forest, so stopped for a brief visit to see Winchester cathedral. I specifically wanted to see Antony Gormley’s Sound II which is housed in the crypt. The crypt is much more to my taste, a welcome relief from the opulence of the cathedral above. Also in the vicinity is Wolvesley castle. We parked by Winnall Moors Nature…
England, Wiltshire, Salisbury: Stonehenge
I’ve never liked how busy this place is, and even less now that there’s been a visitor centre installed – but it is a beautiful site. The one time when I can deal with the crowds is on the summer solstice when the site is opened to the public and you can access the stones in a different way to usual. A lot of people attend…
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