Bristol days recalled

[John Ball]

I just want to say well done to Dunstable Dasher for the atmospheric series of shots - the black and white suits the subject admirably and brings me back to when I lived in Bristol (1973 - 1974). I love these backwaters!

I used to live in Clifton; used to enjoy taking the train into Temple Meads as more reliable than the buses, but I remember sometimes walking to work at the Phoenix office in Redcliffe Hill via Ashton in hope of seeing an 08 taking a coal train down to Wapping Wharf if I struck lucky.

Why, oh why, didn't I take a camera with me more often? I might have looked a bit odd going into the office with a camera around my neck, I suppose. You can lose a lot by caring what you look like. These days I couldn't care less; too old for the birds and married anyway!

John

[madhattie]

Why, oh why, didn't I take a camera with me more often?

This is something I ask myself on a daily basis! Along with 'I had my camera with me, why didn't I take a picture?!'

[Mitch]

If I have my camera with me, which I usually do, I see nothing worth taking a photo of. If the camera is at home I'll see a steam engine in perfect sunlight, a triple-headed freight, or some other such worthy subject.
"Sod's Law", I think it's called.........