Roger Walsh » Belfast http://www.rogerwalsh.com Tue, 31 May 2011 22:33:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Belfast At Night http://www.rogerwalsh.com/2010/04/02/belfast-at-night/ http://www.rogerwalsh.com/2010/04/02/belfast-at-night/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:55:15 +0000 Roger http://www.rogerwalsh.com/?p=179 Headed out the other night into Belfast for a few snaps at night. We started up Ormeau Road by the lagan and walked back down to Queens Bridge, very nice walk though I’d never do it alone. Would always advise taking a friend out with you at night. All the gear is a wee bit on the pricey side to lose!

Railway Bridge Ormeau Embankment Queens Bridge Belfast Looking over at the cranes in Belfast Macro of a railing Bridge at the Railway Station Close up of the Queens Bridge Belfast ]]> http://www.rogerwalsh.com/2010/04/02/belfast-at-night/feed/ 0 Belfast Shipyard http://www.rogerwalsh.com/2010/03/15/belfast-shipyard/ http://www.rogerwalsh.com/2010/03/15/belfast-shipyard/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:27:38 +0000 Roger http://www.rogerwalsh.com/?p=134

Belfast Shipyard

Just read on the BBC that visitors to the Thompson Dry Dock (the dock the Titanic was built) at the old Belfast Shipyard are to pay for the privilege.

The Northern Ireland Science Park have obviously seen pound signs in their eyes, what with visitor numbers on the up and tourist season approaching.

I Took a walk around the Shipyard a few weeks ago and to be perfectly honest there isn’t much to see to make it worth spending any sort of entrance fee. I’d understand their motives a bit better if there were visible signs of investment in the area (other than fancy, empty apartments and office blocks). I’ve got a feeling naming an area after a sunking ship wasn’t such a good idea, bad omens and all that…

If urban decay happens to be your thing though, it’s well worth the visit, plenty of rust!

Harland and Wolff Crane

Rusty Sign

Working By Hand Power

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