Visited with Tumbles and The Deserter.
Another one of Stothert & Pitt's beasts than reside next to the river in the centre of Bristol. They are no longer used but now do a good job of being something pretty to look at for the party goers on the other side of the river. They straddle a walkway along the bank so it's a very busy area but not a single person seemed to notice us hanging off the metalwork several metres above their heads. It was one of my only nights off work so I thought I'd make the most of it by exploring as much as possible (we'd done Brooks dyeworks earlier that morning).
The cranes were covered in anti-climb paint but most of it had dried and didn't cause a problem. Tumbles stayed on the ground to take pics of us when we got to the top and The Deserter (Ooh I'm not dressed for climbing a crane
) went on without me! Most of my photos are pants coz I was back to using the 18-125 which was like looking through a pinhole camera compared to the 10-20. The auto focus didn't seem to be playing ball either so some of these are done on manual focus with my truly shit eyesight.
I wasn't going to climb the jib but I already had my harness on by then and The Deserter had already pussied out and was back on ground level chatting and not taking a single photo of me hanging off the top of the crane
There was nowhere to rest a tripod so I only have a very wobbly photo from the top. Anyway, here's the pics.
First level
Yay! My work!
Gulp
Nearly there
I think you can just make out the other two standing near the bridge
Another one of Stothert & Pitt's beasts than reside next to the river in the centre of Bristol. They are no longer used but now do a good job of being something pretty to look at for the party goers on the other side of the river. They straddle a walkway along the bank so it's a very busy area but not a single person seemed to notice us hanging off the metalwork several metres above their heads. It was one of my only nights off work so I thought I'd make the most of it by exploring as much as possible (we'd done Brooks dyeworks earlier that morning).
The cranes were covered in anti-climb paint but most of it had dried and didn't cause a problem. Tumbles stayed on the ground to take pics of us when we got to the top and The Deserter (Ooh I'm not dressed for climbing a crane
) went on without me! Most of my photos are pants coz I was back to using the 18-125 which was like looking through a pinhole camera compared to the 10-20. The auto focus didn't seem to be playing ball either so some of these are done on manual focus with my truly shit eyesight.I wasn't going to climb the jib but I already had my harness on by then and The Deserter had already pussied out and was back on ground level chatting and not taking a single photo of me hanging off the top of the crane
There was nowhere to rest a tripod so I only have a very wobbly photo from the top. Anyway, here's the pics.
First level
Yay! My work!
Gulp
Nearly there
I think you can just make out the other two standing near the bridge
