I’m still in Gloucester, and spent the day touring in the city. Gloucester seems to be a little ‘tired’ and looking for a vision economically for the future. The city center is full of shops- but there are lots of vacant ones as well. Worcester is much busier feeling in the center of the city. Gloucester docks are very large and full of 6 story brick warehouses around the harbour basin. There is a maritime museum detailing the history of the canal and basin, and some of the warehouse buildings have been renovated and adapted for other purposes- a college, some retail and office spaces, but there are also several derelict, and abandoned.
The basin has a couple of graving docks (dry-docks) where one is the refit of a large barqu ship. Interesting to see them working on a real, wooden-hull vessel. The ship has been used in many movies, and is being refitted as part of it’s normal cycle of maintenance.
I have been trying to get the time-lapse idea of my travels working, and I am failing miserably. The idea is like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaDjF0e4k_I which is someone else’s really fantastic view of a section of the Grand Union canal we did earler in the trip. We were going the other direction, from Leamington Spa to the top of the flight pictured, but this will give an idea of the kind of experiences we had. Enjoy. (and if anyone knows how to do this, I’d appreciate assistance!).
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