Plymouth
Tuesday May 15, 2012
I walked back to the Barbican.
You can always get ice cream from these vans parked along Madeira Road on the waterfront. I rarely did though; I saved my stomach space for scones.
This must have been the walkway that connects to the other side of the harbour known as Coxside.
It goes right by the large National Marine Aquarium over there which, oddly, I never visited even though I was later given a free pass. Marine life isn't a big draw for me but, in retrospect, I should have gone. It is the largest aquarium in the UK.
The large building is the aquarium
In between is a lock to Sutton Harbour. I understood that it is privately owned but there is a pedestrian footway which the public is allowed to use. Push a button, wait for an alarm to ring and the gates to open, then rush through - usually in a herd. The distinctive alarm is heard frequently so for me it was a cheery part of being in the Barbican.
I have no idea where I took this picture but no doubt ship disasters were a part of life in Plymouth, particularly before the breakwater was finished in 1841. 2½ miles out, it supposedly weighs nearly as much as the Great Pyramid.
Just a boat I liked.
A couple of pictures taken on my way back to the hotel.
The bowling green was just across and down the street a little from my hotel.
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