Iron and Steel

June 26, 2015  •  Leave a Comment

So I think a little explanation is in order for the titles.

I decided to go for a little exploration of a local nature park. This park is actually within a housing estate and these huge steel lattice towers stride across the park with power cables strung between them. A few pigeons were flying around and some had settled on the steel giants. What caught my attention was the contrast of the criss-crossing mesh of man-made straight grey steel bars framing these natural rotund pigeons which almost matched in colour.

Iron and Steel (I)Iron and Steel (I)Pigeon on steel lattice tower
Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, UK

And the reason for the title 'Iron and Steel'? For some reason growing up at home the name 'pigeon' morphed into 'pig-e-ons' which then changed  into 'pig-irons' (I have no idea how or why!), hence the title 'Iron and Steel'.


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