It’s interesting how much more you are aware (or at least try to be aware) of your surroundings when you know you’re only going to be there for a short while longer. I guess that’s why travelling – moving from place to place constantly – is what it is. Everywhere you stop you’re a visitor passing through, so your eyes and ears are open to everything around you. Now that we have a pretty firm date planned for moving on from Bristol, I’m soaking up the area more than ever before.
I’m taking my camera everywhere now, capturing snapshots of the things that I hope to look back on as a reminder of my time here. They are by no means great photos, but they will be good memories. Last it night was sunny (again!) and I met Rose and Ant down at the Arnolfini for a drink and then some food. The Matthew was moored up alongside the cranes outside the M-Shed and looked good in the evening light, even though she’s getting well tatty now. With Lloyds amphitheatre stage left and the M-shed cheekily squeezing in at right, it’s a typical scene of the Bristol docks.
The usual crowd was out sitting on the wall at the Arnolfini, soaking up the sun and unwinding, with a Caribbean fella playing his steel guitar nearby. Good times.
Road and Ocean 