Recreating a Loxton Drawing on a Lunchtime Jaunt


                                25 Royal York Crescent, by Me

                                                                    I tried to capture something of the feeling of the Loxton drawing by snapping a busy postman as part of the general scene :)

I did do a much longer wander earlier in the week, but that'll take me some time to process (and cast a plethora of photos into the "out-takes" pile!) In the meantime, here's my lunchtime jaunt, taken to give myself a break from doing the company bookkeeping to send to my accountant so the taxman doesn't sling me in chokey.

I've recently bought a slightly creased secondhand copy of Redcliffe Press's 1992 collection of Samuel Loxton drawings, Loxton's Bristol: The city's Edwardian years in black and white. It's a nice selection of Bristol Library's collection of the drawings. I'd noticed a drawing of 25 Royal York Crescent, a house I pass quite often, so I thought I'd wander up the crescent on the way to pick up some lunch and try to reproduce it.

On the way back I took a few photos of Clifton Hill Bank as the crowdfunder to make quite a lot of it into a wildflower meadow has just hit its target, so I figured some "before" shots might be a good investment for the future...

Fri 5 November 2021, 12:35 to 13:30
Sector:  NE
Images: 12
Distance: 2.21km
Duration: 0h 55m 0s
Total Elevation Gain: 313m