Ilkeston - Snowy Victoria Park
w/e 17 December 2017
All of this week's pictures were
taken with a Kodak DX6490
I was once said to someone that there's always a
picture in Victoria Park whatever the weather or whatever the
season and this selection from the recent snowy spell shows that
there's actually more than just one.
I started this short walk around the park from the Manners Road
side and walked past the Play Area which for once was completely
deserted.
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I continued through the gap towards the bandstand.
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There was no problem finding an empty seat today in the park
but it wasn't ideal weather to sit and enjoy the view however
picturesque it was.
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Approaching the restored bandstand I climbed the steps to the
entrance gate for a close up of one of the crests that decorate
the fencing.
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Performers on the bandstand can enjoy three hundred and sixty
degree views of the park - this is just one of them.
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More empty park benches arc around the bandstand and when performances
are being held finding a seat here is at a premium.
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Leaving the bandstand I walked through the pergola.
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At the far end of the pergola I looked back and wondered if anyone
had thought the slope would be a good place for sledging - avoiding
the trees of course!
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The central beds were all covered with snow but the vehicle at
the far end showed that even in these conditions there is still
work to be done by the Council workers to maintain the park.
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For this final shot I broke one of the rules of photography and
looked directly towards the setting sun but its low position
in the sky highlighted the humps and hollows of the buried flower
beds.
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