{"id":1332,"date":"2016-03-06T21:34:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T21:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2016-03-06T21:34:28","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T21:34:28","slug":"a-couple-of-local-ingress-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/a-couple-of-local-ingress-trips\/","title":{"rendered":"A Couple of Local Ingress Trips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first of two postings this weekend. These photos are from an Ingress trip to Leeds. I was a little surprised at the number of unique captures I got in the game with this recent walk along part of the Leeds Liverpool Canal at Leeds. I have been around these parts a couple of times but obviously not on this particular route.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Footbridge over River Aire\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/25257033650\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1456\/25257033650_e99a42d407_z.jpg\" alt=\"Footbridge over River Aire\" width=\"640\" height=\"434\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Having a curve in the bridge makes it a little more interesting.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Footbridge over River Aire\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/25552649985\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1460\/25552649985_a208b2193f_z.jpg\" alt=\"Footbridge over River Aire\" width=\"478\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And I suppose the support needs to support for the bridge needs to curve away so that the stresses are along the material.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Leeds Liverpool Canal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/25526496066\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1654\/25526496066_067a863cc5_z.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds Liverpool Canal\" width=\"420\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Leeds Liverpool Canal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/25526495396\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1544\/25526495396_b208871c12_z.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds Liverpool Canal\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sky was surprisingly blue with white clouds as afternoon\u00a0was getting on.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Leeds Liverpool Canal Office Lock\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/24925917203\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1497\/24925917203_256f833d32_z.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds Liverpool Canal Office Lock\" width=\"640\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wonder why the lock here should be called Office Lock? Perhaps the office for the canal was nearby. I will try to find out. And the yellow marker is for Cycle Route 66. Several of these are portals in the game. 1 is at Esholt on the canal another near the Ibis Hotel in Shipley on the canal.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Leeds Liverpool Canal bridge\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/25257017850\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1608\/25257017850_15d412eaf8_z.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds Liverpool Canal bridge\" width=\"451\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back in the days when signs were made out of cast iron you wouldn&#8217;t have the flexibility of a a DTP package to get just the size of type face you want. This sign is on the bridge of Wharf Approach by the Office Lock<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL Canal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Motor Car Acts 1896 and 1903<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTICE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This BRIDGE is INSUFFICIENT to carry a HEAVY MOTOR CAR, the registered axle- weights of which exceeds THREE TONS or the registered axle-weights of the several axles of which exceed in the aggregate FIVE TONS or a Heavy Motor Car drawing a TRAILER, if the registered axle-weights of the several axles of the Heavy Motor Car and the axle-weights of the Trailer exceed in the aggregate FIVE TONS<\/p>\n<p>Pall Mall, Liverpool<\/p>\n<p>BY ORDER<\/p>\n<p>Leeds &amp; Liverpool Canal Company.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PM7_4051\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/25185070989\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1617\/25185070989_1e2e2b10da_z.jpg\" alt=\"PM7_4051\" width=\"431\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the building stretching above Candlebar.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Car Park in the railway arches\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/25185063369\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1516\/25185063369_fc0a9be485_z.jpg\" alt=\"Car Park in the railway arches\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Behind the Hilton and under the Leeds Railway Station the arches are used for parking, coffee bars etc.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"New Entrance to Leeds Railway Station\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/25257038750\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1524\/25257038750_9efa623706_z.jpg\" alt=\"New Entrance to Leeds Railway Station\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>This is a new entrance to Leeds Railway Station, on the South side.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first of two postings this weekend. These photos are from an Ingress trip to Leeds. I was a little surprised at the number of unique captures I got in the game with this recent walk along part of the Leeds Liverpool Canal at Leeds. I have been around these parts a couple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paul"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3kGoX-lu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1332"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1336,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions\/1336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}