Leeds
This weekend I was in Leeds. It is not a city I know well, I visited four years ago for a course, and one year ago to look at the university, but this was my first proper look at the city. Leeds in on the River Aire, and at the eastern end of the Leeds-Liverpool canal. The station is just north of where the canal starts, and the city centre is north from there. It looks to have a load of investment, with numerous new tower blocks being built, and roads dug up all over the place, though there are still some more run down areas. A good place to start, then, is where the canal joins the river. This image is the River Aire, but on the left is the outflow from the canal. At the back, the river flows out from under the station. Just near to where I took that photo are these bizarre structures. I did wonder if they were some kind of art installation, but apparently they are designed to reduce wind speeds around the very tall Bridgewater Place, the building just visible on the right, which h