Your bike in front of some water - pictures

[Alex321]

It's a thing apparently. There's some bridge in Paris that has 1000s attached to it as a romantic gesture.

I think though an old railway viaduct in Preston Lancashire doesn't have the same nuance!

The first time I was really aware of it was in 2013 when I was in Cologne. The rail bridge with pedestrian walkway over the Rhine was covered in them. Must have been 10s of thousands.

In fact about 40,000 according to This.

 

[BoldonLad]

It's a thing apparently. There's some bridge in Paris that has 1000s attached to it as a romantic gesture.

I think though an old railway viaduct in Preston Lancashire doesn't have the same nuance!

Yes, that is where I first observed it.

It now appears to be a regular "feature" of many UK bridges.

Must be all those school trips to Europe.

 

[Andy in Germany]

The first time I was really aware of it was in 2013 when I was in Cologne. The rail bridge with pedestrian walkway over the Rhine was covered in them. Must have been 10s of thousands.

In fact about 40,000 according to This.

Yes, it's pretty extreme there, I think the local government occasionally sends someone to cut a few off, not least because 40,000 padlocks must weigh a bit.

You can apparently now buy appropriately decorated locks specifically for hanging on a bridge or similar, egads.

 

[Alex321]

Yes, it's pretty extreme there, I think the local government occasionally sends someone to cut a few off, not least because 40,000 padlocks must weigh a bit.

You can apparently now buy appropriately decorated locks specifically for hanging on a bridge or similar, egads.

Apparently only a couple of tonnes, according to that article.

 

[FrothNinja]

The first time I was really aware of it was in 2013 when I was in Cologne. The rail bridge with pedestrian walkway over the Rhine was covered in them. Must have been 10s of thousands.

In fact about 40,000 according to This.

Seems to be a low cost alternative to getting married (ie public declaration of a permanent binding) according to the article

 

[BoldonLad]

Seems to be a low cost alternative to getting married (ie public declaration of a permanent binding) according to the article

So, the relationship lasts until the lock is cut off the bridge, by the Local Authority?

 

[gtmet]

Look, there, see, that almost shiny patch to the right of the post. Water!

Nupdown.

 

[FrothNinja]

So, the relationship lasts until the lock is cut off the bridge, by the Local Authority?

Cheaper than divorce lawyers

 

[tyred]

Where ducks have priority!

 

[FrothNinja]

A spatey Pendle Water

 

[Oldhippy]

 

[tyred]

Lough Inagh.

 

[briantrumpet]

Today:

 

[tyred]

Lough Mask

 

[PeteXXX]

MBIFO Willen Lake on today's ride.