Friday of last week. I have commented recently on the mud and water logged fields make hill walking unpleasant, well, the situation is only very slowly improving. I thought I should do something else, I shall visit a museum, so the idea of a trip to the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds was born.
The museum is located in a part of Leeds city centre that thrived well until the 1960's, when the woollen industries collapsed in Yorkshire. It is in a river and canal basin, the River Aire I think. A lot of money was put into the area in the nineties and noughties. A number of Victorian wool warehouses and other buildings were converted to offices and apartments and a number of new blocks were built. I like the area, the mix of old and new really appeals to me.
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| Approaching from the city centre, this is the Museum's stairwell, used as exhibition space for muskets and pikes, etc. |
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| New apartment blocks around the canal basin. |
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| Fancy bridge across the river to other apartments |
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| New blocks and Victorian blocks in the background. |
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| Entrance lobby and public space |
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| 4th floor view from the museum, of the converted Victorian buildings |
In the U.K., you may have seen on the television news that parts of Leeds city centre suffer from flooding. This is one of those areas.
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