We're going on a bridge walk...

We're going on a bear hunt bridge walk.

(Listening to a 'soundscape' as part of Hull City of Culture 2017)







We're going to catch cross a BIG one.

(once, the longest single-span suspension bridge in the WORLD! Still the largest you can cross on foot)







What a beautiful day! 

(it wasn't bad, for late April, actually. The sun even made a few briefs appearances)







We're not scared...

(Well, maybe just a little... it is very high!)






But we were certainly inspired, amazed, awe-struck and astonished in pretty-much equal measure. The Height of the Reeds is a Hull City of Culture 2017 project run in association with Opera North (among others). The idea is you walk the mile-and-a-bit across the bridge wearing headphones, and listening to sonic adventure that incorporates the sounds of the bridge itself as well as poetry and music evoking Hull's long maritime history.



The bridge itself is awesome enough; the location has its special magic ('where sky and Lincolnshire and water meet' as Larkin had it). Add the aural soundscape and it makes for a memorable (and free) artistic adventure, one well worth the effort.



Even little legs can make it!