Bank Holiday Photographs
The Bank Holiday weekend has been just like the classic, stereotypical British Bank Holiday: short bursts of sunshine along with bursts of rain. Thus, one nice barbeque on Saturday was equalled with one wet barbeque which was conducted indoors on Sunday, and Monday's picnic was... completely cancelled due to rain. However, I have managed to take a fe nive photos around the University of Sheffield to put up here to show you.
Firstly, a picture of Weston Park, facing the Arts Tower. Weston Park is the closest park to the University of Sheffield's Union, though I must confess, I hardly ever go in there. I went in there today and it started raining, so perhaps it is better that I stay away from it. The University's SPEAK group have some hopes about the possibility of doing things in Weston Park, but more of that as and when (and, more to the point, if) it happens.
If you pan around to the left, you see a lovely-looking building which houses the Weston Park museum. I haven't been in the museum myself, but do plan to at some point, though from the views of other people I know who have been, I've not missed a great deal. They appear to use lots of new technology in the building, with no end of things to push, but not have much in the way of information, which is surely the main point of a museum...
With the C.U. picnic cancelled, off we went to the Interval, a cafe/bar at the University's Union. That was packed because of the Beer Festival, so we tried to go to the Gallery in the Union, which was closed. Finally, we tried to go to the University Arms, but this too was closed, so we gave up looking for places to go. However, there was a wonderful rainbow,s o I took my camera out and took a picture. Well, actually, I took quite a few pictures - it was very hard to make the rainbow stand out from the clouds whilst still maintaining enough light in the picture as a whole. This was the best I got in the one minute I had to take the picture.
This blog keeps on mentioning the Information Commons, but as yet, you haven't seen it. Here it is in its glory, green copper filling the landscape. The building on the far left is the Hicks Building, the tall building on the right is the Arts Tower, and the building in front of that is the Chemistry Building. The Information Commons stands out amongst them all.
Having wandered about looking for places to go after out cancelled C.U. picnic, we decided to go to Aunt Sally, a very nice public house which serves fantastic food. Hungry from our adventures, I ordered the largest dessert they sell, apparently designed for two people (back in Hertfordshire, I've seen larger advertised for one - people in South Yorkshire clearly have small appetites), and whilst the three people next to me struggled to finish one between them, polished mine off before proudly holding my trophy aloft. If only you got a second for free if you finished the first...
Finally, as we left, a perfect opportunity arose to catch the Hallamshire Hospital in its evening glory. The sky contrasts beautifully with the hospital's lights, providing a wonderful picture. It would be nicer if I had a tripod as it is slightly blurred, but still, it is a rather nice picture. Again, I took a few different shots, but they came out rather more blurred because they had a longer exposure time (up to 7 seconds).
That concludes my mini tour of Sheffield. If I ever get round to making a new gallery, I'll put the shots up, but for now, that's your lot.
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Noelinhohttp://www.noelinho.org
Well, you may think you did, but my dictionary says otherwise, unless you lost the roof... which you didn't, because I was in your lounge earlier today. Fact.
2007-05-09 23:23:44
Beaky
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That's nonsense, Noel. We had a picnic in our lounge on Monday. Fact.
2007-05-09 23:18:33
Noelinho
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It was cancelled. Picnics, by definition, are outdoor events.
2007-05-08 17:04:04
Mel
Monday's picnic wasn't completely cancelled Noel, it was just relocated to the union foyer, you were there you should know.
2007-05-08 08:03:33