A short walk along the High Bridge Trail.

[GordonM]

Hello folks! Today, we had wonderful weather here in Central Virginia. The temperature was into the mid 50s F and sunny. With the warm weather the arthritis and the foot deformities have be feeling much better so I thought I would get out for a walk along the High Bridge Trail. I only did a tiny distance (a bit over 2.5 miles total) of the overall trail, but the feet were doing well and it was such a beautiful day. Others were out enjoying the day and the trail, too. The trail is open for pedestrian, bicyclist and equestrian use. Here are the pictures:

The River Road access point.


The rails-to-trails conversion.


Picnic area along the trail.


An old railroad signal foundation.


Railroad mile marker N 146.


A young couple out for a walk.


Bicyclists enjoying the trail.


The benches were put in by a young man as his Eagle Scout Service Project, BSA.


Tam o' Crumstan

"A loupin' on stane is a very good thing,
For a man that is stiff, for a man that is auld,
For a man that is lame o' the leg or the spauld,
Or short o' the houghs, to loup on his naggie;

So said Tam o' Crumstane, unbousome and baggie;
And mountin' the stane at Gibbie's house-end,
Like a man o' great pith, wi' a grane, and a stend
He flew owre his yaud, and fell i' the midden!


The picnic area at the bridge.

 

[GordonM]

Standing beside the information sign.


A closer view of the sign.


A view of the steel trestle.


Getting ready for a brew up with my Vargo Triad XE alcohol cooker. I brought the pink spork in honor of John Fenna.


Waiting for the kettle to boil.


The new trail bridge upon the old trestle.


A look at the old bridge piers.


A view of nearby farms taken from the High Bridge.


The Appomattox River flowing East.


A view looking at the river from the bridge.


Thanks for looking.

 

[Man of Tanith]

brilliant trip gordy thanks for takin us along.
gives a different view of the USA to me as all I have visited is touristy cities and so on.
looks good.

 

[CBJ]

Looks like you had a great daunder. Some fantastic views there

Thanks for sharing

atb

Craig

 

[Tony]

Yeah, thanks for this, nice to see

 

[crosslandkelly]

I enjoyed that, thanks for posting.

 

[JAG009]

Nice wee walk ,and some great pics,,,, thanks for posting

 

[Toddy]

I haven't heard the loupin' stane in years
My Grandpa used to quote something like that when me and brother louped off the wee low garden wall. Good things are easy climbable stones

Nice walk Gordon; interesting to meander along an old railway line some of ours have been restored enough to make cycle routes across the country, but there are a lot more just left mouldering.

Hope the aches settle down; thank you for the photos

cheers,
M

 

[Twodogs]

Loads of big sky .... love it

Twodogs

 

[Karl82]

looks like a brilliant time was had nice one thanks for sharing.

 

[DaveWL]

The benches were put in by a young man as his Eagle Scout Service Project, BSA.

Now that's something we need more of! There seem to be too many limitations to allow that to be done over here ...

Thanks for the write up

 

[GordonM]

Thanks for the nice comments and to Tony for tidying up my pictures.

MoT - I'm not too keen on visiting the big cities save the museums. I do love the rural side of visiting other places, though.

Toddy - Tam o'Crumstane came to mind when I saw the mounting block at the bridge.