Eeek!

This is the River Ouse in York at the weekend. Just by where I usually park my car, actually. The picture's a little deceptive until you know that the actual riverbank is some 13 feet below this level. I was a little dubious about leaving the car, with the water lapping onto the riverside walk just down the path.

York and floods, the two go together like York and chocolate (though there’s a great deal less of that these days). In the past, I’ve been flooded out of buildings where I’ve worked. At one, we had a dingy – but as we kept it in the roof space, it wasn’t actually that much use, as no one could get to it when we were flooded out of the building!