IdleRich
IdleRich
The nth lockdown started in Portugal yesterday. For most of the rest of the time I've managed to cope with it all one way or another. I've enjoyed watching films, reading books, reading the internet, even trying my hand at some writing - and when I get really desperate I go on dissensus and talk to you lot.
But this time round, I don't know why, something in me snapped today and I couldn't stare at another screen or page or whatever. I just had to go out and feel some fresh air on my face and see the sun which is actually trying to come out again at last. So I went to the marshes by the river once again, just before the place where V likes to go jogging there is a huge abandoned commercial zone (I suppose) - the area must be the size of twenty or thirty football pictures I'd imagine, there are a number of decaying buildings and loads and loads of empty space with broken glass and other types of rubble. And quite a lot of graffiti too. It's beside the road to the park and you can see the small town of Povoa Santa Iria. When I went out I drove there for a bit, climbed over the most half-hearted "keep out" fence you've ever seen and then walked around taking photos for about an hour or so just before the sun started going down properly. To be honest they're not that exciting, in a way the most interesting thing is the sheer size of the place, along with the quietness and all the nature which surrounds it and is trying to take back over. More likely though it will actually be developed into the nature walk along the Tagus which they're trying to make happen at various points north of Lisbon... which I suppose, as long as it's done respectfully enough isn't the worst possible result.
Anyway, here's some pics, hope they're not too shit @luka
This was the entrance thing I suppose - security and that
Looks as though the staff had their own bus stop here
But this time round, I don't know why, something in me snapped today and I couldn't stare at another screen or page or whatever. I just had to go out and feel some fresh air on my face and see the sun which is actually trying to come out again at last. So I went to the marshes by the river once again, just before the place where V likes to go jogging there is a huge abandoned commercial zone (I suppose) - the area must be the size of twenty or thirty football pictures I'd imagine, there are a number of decaying buildings and loads and loads of empty space with broken glass and other types of rubble. And quite a lot of graffiti too. It's beside the road to the park and you can see the small town of Povoa Santa Iria. When I went out I drove there for a bit, climbed over the most half-hearted "keep out" fence you've ever seen and then walked around taking photos for about an hour or so just before the sun started going down properly. To be honest they're not that exciting, in a way the most interesting thing is the sheer size of the place, along with the quietness and all the nature which surrounds it and is trying to take back over. More likely though it will actually be developed into the nature walk along the Tagus which they're trying to make happen at various points north of Lisbon... which I suppose, as long as it's done respectfully enough isn't the worst possible result.
Anyway, here's some pics, hope they're not too shit @luka
This was the entrance thing I suppose - security and that
Looks as though the staff had their own bus stop here
