Unlike yesterday’s photograph, this was a location that I’d never passed before. It’s not a lane that can be traveled as, although you can’t see it in my picture, it’s blocked off with a metal gate. Looking on Google Maps, it’s possible to see where the track leads (to a farm) and that there are two other entrances to the same track. For some reason I find “mystery” roads like this interesting, or rather I like to know where they might lead (it’s very often a farm though…).
Anyhoo, despite the lack of access, it was a scene I felt would make a good photo, what with the leading lines of the track and power wires.
Fujica GW690 & Kentmere 100 (@400) Rodinal 1 hour semi-stand development. 1+100 in 500ml of water, with a couple of extra ml of developer added.
Taken on 2 August 2025
Steel City Snapper photography 
I don’t know what it is about the British Isles, but they just seem so filled with places to explore – lanes hidden behind trees, canals, moors. Living in SoCal suburbia these places seem so surreal. I really like to seeing these kinds of pictures.
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Thanks -N-.
I think the fact that, relatively speaking, we’re quite a small island, it means that there’s stuff like this all over the place, whereas in the States it feels (to me as an outsider, at least) like everything is a lot more spread out. We don’t have the big empty spaces like you do in the US, which I sometimes envy. Apart from north-west Scotland, the country is pretty heavily populated so even rural villages are usually just a few miles away from the next one.
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I agree – the US is sprawled out all over, east to west, north to south, and even more diagonally! I have seen a lot of it, though it takes time. The closeness of such lovely places makes me rather envious – the thought of traveling 3K miles by plane to get to Maine from California just bugs me. Trains for such would take more days and cost more than to drive. NW Scotland appeals to me very much!
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