Warmer day then expected..not warm enough to really enjoy a motorcycle ride, but got in the car and rode to Manchester. Forget the British flag, this is a suburb of Richmond...though Richmond itself was once British property...hence I think the name. Took this photo from Legend Brewing which is both local in my case and my favorite brewery in Richmond. I go to a lot of them in the region, but this is my go to pub for lack of a better term. This view is from the beer deck.
I purchased by current ride at Scoot Richmond which is a 2016 Triumph Speedmaster. Yeah, that is a British motorcycle. This is another British motorcycle, a 2017 Triumph Bobber. A few months ago I went to a special showing of this motorcycle, and now they have one for sale (believe they have another). I had traded in my 2005 Kawasaki Vulcan Classic and had learned it had been sold. Stopped by the shop to see the Bobber and to hear about that.
This bridge is a nice walk. Opened a few months ago and runs from Manchester to downtown Richmond; specifically Tredegar Iron Works which was the big armory for the Confederate States of America in the Civil War. While much of Richmond got burned down when the Union troops took it over, Tredegar largely survived. Walking on this bridge you get to see some of the bridges that were burned back in the day (some of the stone work remains) and a nice river view.
This is at Tredegar and that is yours truely standing by a Civil War cannon. I really enjoy visiting this place which just drips with history. Also near there is The Virginia War Memorial and Belle Island. Both of those have been visited and will be many times in the future by me, in the past. Nice living close to these areas and also enjoy visiting Hollywood Cemetery which is the home to "two and a half US Presidents" as I like to say and the Oregon Hill neighborhood.
There is a lot of things to do in this area and on a rather cool day in Richmond this was really a fine day to spend it doing some exploring. There is always something new to see here.
On the way back across the bridge, got a photo of this bird which I had seen flying around for a while. Neat thing is to see all the nature along the James River as well as people enjoying all the nature along the James River.
Made after the walk a quick stop at Legend Brewing as noted. Did not eat but the food is pretty good too, though my favorite thing is the beer. They have been doing this for a long time and it is first rate.
Spent a few pleasant hours there and look forward to future stops in that neighborhood. It has had a lot of nice changes and development over the years and is one of the fastest growing areas of the city here on the Southside of Richmond, VA .
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