[UniPol]

Whilst teaching at St Albans in the UK, 2001, I would often be asked by colleagues what plans I had for the weekend, mid term break , term breaks etc. and invariably the answer would be "....depends on how far my money will take me". At that time, one Australian dollar only bought around 35p. so any offer of a free ride to places of interest was most welcome.

On this occasion, one teacher I got to know very well said he was going to Bath for the weekend to catch up with his son and daughter in law who lived in Bristol. The arrangement was that he dropped me in Bristol on Saturday and pick me up Sunday afternoon while he was in Bath. Being a great fan of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (the great British engineer) this was a great opportunity to visit two of his great achievements namely, the SS Great Britain and the Clifton Bridge which straddles the Avon Gorge. IKB died in 1859 and never got to see the completed bridge which was opened in 1864.

I particularly like this photo as the foreground is in shadow and further down the river is graced by the sun which gives added perspective. My camera at the time was a Nikon Pronea 600i APS SLR and this photo was scanned from the print. It is a shame digital cameras were scarce and so expensive at the time otherwise I would have taken many more.