Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Victoria Park, Belfast (Part 1)

For the past 2 days you have joined me at Crawfordsburn Country Park however for the next 4 days please join me again and my bird class as we visit Victoria Park, near Belfast.


This shot is part of the lake.



On one side of the park is the main road into Belfast and perhaps you can see Spires in the distance, while the other side of the park is Harland & Woffe and Shorts.  






This SC.1 vertical take-off and landing aircraft (VTOL) was built in Short Brothers in 1950’s.  It was the precursor of the Harrier Jump Jet.



In May, while we were visiting this park we came upon this rig in the distance being worked on in the shipyard.  Now it has left there and is taking trails at sea.  I can see it at sea from the coast in my town.

Tomorrow I will show you 'fences' I managed to photograph.

I hope you enjoyed this post and thank you for your visit as well as your comments.
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19 comments:

  1. ADRIAN5 August 2015 at 16:38

    I like drill rigs. have spent many a week dragging them about.

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  2. Unknown5 August 2015 at 17:07

    nice info pics Margaret!

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  3. Elephant's Child5 August 2015 at 17:29

    Thank you. A fascinating tour.
    Here in Oz, we have a state named after Victoria, and more streets, roads and buildings than you could shake a stick at.

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  4. eileeninmd5 August 2015 at 19:16

    Hello Margaret, interesting post and images. The park and flowers are pretty. Have a happy day!

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  5. Simon Douglas Thompson5 August 2015 at 20:04

    The jet is a wonderfully steampunk creation!

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  6. Yamini MacLean5 August 2015 at 21:42

    Hari OM
    Am a bit of a fan of inudstrial infrastructure; great post! YAM xx

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  7. Mersad5 August 2015 at 22:13

    Great park for exploration it seems.

    Mersad
    Mersad Donko Photography

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  8. Sharon Wagner5 August 2015 at 22:44

    Thanks for the tour. There are so many places I wonder if I'll ever see.

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  9. Linda W.6 August 2015 at 00:07

    Very interesting facts about Belfast!

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  10. Bill 6 August 2015 at 02:00

    Makes me want to see it in person! Very nice, Margaret.

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  11. Stephanie6 August 2015 at 03:02

    Interesting info on Belfast.

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  12. Fun606 August 2015 at 04:18

    It is good to see views of Belfast, a city I have never visited. I wonder how many thousands of places are called Victoria.

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  13. Douglas Mcfarlane6 August 2015 at 05:17

    I'm so glad Shorts got a mention all to often people talk about H&W (rightly so to) and even Delorean but often ovetlook Shorts. Great picture of the Sc.1 a fantastic piece of engineering.

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  14. Anonymous6 August 2015 at 09:10

    Beautiful scenes!

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  15. Sallie (FullTime-Life)6 August 2015 at 10:16

    Beautiful place.

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  16. Ruth Hiebert6 August 2015 at 11:56

    Beautiful and fascinating photos.

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  17. EG CameraGirl6 August 2015 at 12:14

    Funny that Samson is taller than Goliath! ;))

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  18. Anonymous6 August 2015 at 13:07

    So much to see. Interesting you can see the rig from shore now. Victoria is a lovely park, and that is a grand name. I wish I'd seen it before making my list of names on this week's Share Your World post!

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  19. Debbie at Travel with Intent6 August 2015 at 21:05

    Very interesting
    I like your use of the signs - makes a very readable and informative post

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