Golden Clough Bridge, Edale

[AnotherOneNow]

I've been walking twice around Edale and I always admired this bridge when I passed over and though it was very beautiful. I was damn suprised when I saw it on the internet, just following random links! Great work.

[robinturns]

I did cut them off though not quit what I would call burrs, one of them is just like a frogs face with two bulbous eyes.

[allmodcons6]

did you pinch the burr off the bottom? around 0:53 you can see its been taken off first

[DennisBlades]

Love the bridge but as a wood turner I could cry about all that wood just to walk on.

[pumkinvine]

sweet, I love it

[ForkbeardSvein]

Some nice ship strakes could be made out of that

[TehSmeely]

ooh get some nice burrs off that tree at the start :P

[Wootang333]

yes very tidy maybe even go see that when am at the hillhead quarry show

[noisepuppet]

I'd be amazed and pleased to happen upon a footbridge like this.

[Mofila]

What is the tool they are using to pull it?

[robinturns]

sorry for the slow reply, its a tirfor winch.

[Mofila]

Thanks.

[robinturns]

For a different approach to making bridges in isolated locations do a google search on "Clam bridge" Dartmoor. A bridge in a similar location that is getting a lot of publicity at the moment.

[WhichDoctor1]

That bridge is beautiful, amazing how a little thought, knowledge and skill can make something mundane extraordinary.

Love the music too, fits really well somehow.

Keep up the god work!

[robinturns]

thanks for the comment I am working on another bridge at the moment, so long as people keep asking i will keep making.

[nyecoop]

It makes perfect sense..a local tree.. a local artist ( who knows his stuff).. a fantastic bridge that fits its environment!!

More of this in the world please!!

charlie xx

[GriffinHistorical]

Nice one Robin! Eating some soup out of one of your bowls as I type. And so as to carry on the juxtaposition of the images and music its a modern poncy organic carrot and coriander rather than ye olde pottage

[premoderne]

Hmmm. I guess that would agree with McLuhan, "The medium IS the message" and excusing the poor grammar, "What you draw them WITH is what you draw them TO."

Could you enlighten an American colonist as to the meaning of "twee"? :-)

Anyway, it is beautiful work, I look forward to seeing more of your craftsmanship.

[robinturns]

twee = excessively or affectedly quaint, pretty or sentimental

I'm glad you appreciated the bridge and we'll agree to differ on the music!

[premoderne]

Ahh. A very apt word. I better understand your meaning now. It describes perfectly the work of the extremely popular (in the US) painter Thomas Kincade.

[premoderne]

I love the organic look of the bridge and the fact that it is made from local timber.

Speaking of local vernacular styles, the music which accompanies this video is quite dissonant with the work. Are there not some local folk tunes that would be more appropriate? Techno "music" would be more fitting for the making of a plastic injection molded chair from the Eames era.

[robinturns]

The music is deliberately a little challenging, idiosyncratic, eccentric ... on one level it clashes with the stunning natural setting and design, but on another it matches the beat and rhythm of the work. Folk music would have been twee and predictable; preaching to the converted. This is youTube where there is an opportunity to reach out and touch a whole new audience ...