Photo-a-Day  (Sunday, 11th December, 2022)

What do the padlocks symbolize?

Not a very inspiring photo. The bridge looks in need of a new coat of paint & those ugly locks that some people are obsessed with & fix on bridges etc don't enhance the picture at all.

choose a colour and get your brushes out Helen

PeterP, two people in love. I think it's a European idea, normally the two peoples names are 'written' on the locks, each lock has two keys, two keys are kept and two are thrown into the water below. My wife and myself were responsible for two on the well known Placa del Castell in Benidorm old town, a purpose built promontory that went out into the sea, there were hundreds of locks fastened to the metal 'cage' of a well on there, the two unwanted keys were thrown into the sea. Unfortunately a few years ago Benidorm council decided to rejuvenate the area and the well was replace by a smaller version, what happened to the locks i don't know.

What do the padlocks symbolize?

My bike's been nicked!

Google... 'Love lock bridges around the world'. The authorities in Paris had to remove the locks from one bridge as the extra weight was causing structural damage to the bridge.

Apologies folks, i'm going back a long time, memory is going !!
It's one lock per couple not two that's fastened to the bridge, as i said usually inscribed with the couples names.

It must be 40 years ago since I was over this bridge, did the tractor trailer turn around here or was it up nearer to the gate.

Roy, I think the same thing happened in Bakewell. A little footbridge over the river had the rails covered with these padlocks. It was affecting the weight load of the bridge & the council decided to remove them & gave people a length of time to remove them if they wanted them any left would be disposed of. They did spoil the look of the bridge as nearly all were covered in rust.

When I was in Scotland this year I saw some locks attached to railings around what is known as Queen Victoria’s View over a very steep slope. Apparently it was her favourite view in Scotland overlooking one of the Lochs. (can’t remember the name of it..) There was loads of them all turning rusty…I didn’t think much of them to be honest. .

I ride over that bridge possibly every fortnight after coming down through Haigh Hall and heading to Scot lane to ride through to Leigh on the canal,I’d say those locks are remembering people as the dock railings in Liverpool overlooking the Mersey are full of um but maybe wrong.

Veronica could that loch be Loch Tummell close to Pitlochry where you saw Queen Victoria’s View as I’ve visited all around there and stayed at Tummell Valley.

Well Helen the photo inspired me to walk down to the Douglas bridge to have a look at this area, I didn't stop at the bridge I kept on going to the cafe near to the hall.

Yes I was based at Pitlochry John. We went to Balmoral and Glamis Castle also Stirling Castle. It was great I love Scotland. Been to quite a few areas on separate visits. I can never remember the names of the Lochs there’s so many.

The first time I saw a bridge with padlocks on was on the Bernatka Bridge in Krakow

I visited the salmon run at Pitlochry great area also stayed at Ballater Veronica just down road from Balmoral I think the Queen mother used Ballater train station travelling up there many years ago.