Boats on the Ouse

Following on from Wednesday's post, this was taken a little further up the river when I was on my way home. In the background, down the river, you can Ouse Bridge, which features in Wednesday's photo. I guess these boats, moored by some of the new(ish) riverside appartments, must be privately owned. Handy if it floods!

Ouse Bridge

I walked along here in the early evening today. Funny how ones moods draw one to particular places. I kept ending up on bridges throughout my walk; crossing over them, looking upriver, looking downriver, and with this bridge - going for a look underneath it too.

Apologies for not blogging for so long, and thanks for all the comments on the post below! I am fine, and alive, but haven't been feeling like going round town with my camera for quite a while, and felt quite unable to blog. I am at a very definite crossing place in life at the moment, having left one life behind, I need to walk on into the new, but it has been more scary than I thought.

Easier, I guess, to stay stuck on the bridge where all options for advance or retreat are still open. Better get off it soon, and start walking in my chosen direction. It's a new year after all ...

PS. Last month I put 2 posts on here. The first said something like "Sorry I haven't blogged for so long. But I'm starting again from today." I published it, screamed, and deleted it. I then wrote another post which said something like. "Sorry I haven't blogged for so long. But I have decided not to blog York anymore. So that's it. Goodbye." I published it, screamed, and deleted it. As you can see, I have been more than a little confused. So was everyone else, I think, when those posts showed up in feeds but were gone from the blog.

Anyway ... if I haven't deleted this post by the end of the evening ... it would appear I that I am back!

Early Evening on King's Staith

Yesterday, my daughter reminded me at the last minute that we had to go into town to get her a pair of studded boots for hockey. We whipped the bikes out of the shed and belted down the river, arriving at JJB Sports ten minutes before closing time. Having got what we required, we took the time to have a walk round York together as evening was falling, and I took a series of photos as I went. The scene above is of King's Staith, the place I featured a few days ago in my "breakfast by the river" post. There's quite a different vibe there in the early evening.

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Still Flooded

There is still flooding in York, which for me, means I can't cycle down the far side of the river as it is still submerged. For other people in town, the implications are more serious. The biggest York Race of the year was meant to be taking place at the moment, but flooding on the race course has made that so far impossible. The above scene of flooding was taken from Ouse Bridge. Below is a photo for comparison, of the same scene taken a few months back, in May this year.