Heavy rain over the past week has increased the flow of three rivers north of York which merge to form the River Ouse through the city centre, with the result that several riverside areas have been flooded.
Both the 'Kings Arms' and 'The Waterfront' are affected. This isn't a rare event, and we have shown it earlier in our project. When York floods feature on local or national TV news it's often this view that the cameras record.
Several years ago our daughter Lucy worked as a volunteer at the Visitor Centre, and on one occasion some visitors called in to find out how to get to the pub that floods. Lucy had to dissapoint them, explaining to them that they wouldn't be able to go in it, because at that very moment it was flooded!
Looks the south-eastern part of our country. The havy rain in France and Germany floods trough this area. They are now taken protections with sand bags.
The Kings Arms is usually one of the first properties in the city to flood, but the interior is designed to cope, with stone flagged floors that can be quickly be cleaned, disinfected and dried once the flood water receeds. The 'cellar' store for alcoholic drinks in this case is upstairs, above all but the most exceptional flood levels.
Kathy, I have a photo from many years ago of someone in a canoe looking in through the window of the Kings Arms, when flood levels were somewhat higher than it is now.
The Kings Arms is usually one of the first properties in the city to flood, but the interior is designed to cope, with stone flagged floors that can be quickly be cleaned, disinfected and dried once the flood water receeds. The 'cellar' store for alcoholic drinks in this case is upstairs, above all but the most exceptional flood levels.
Kathy, I have a photo from many years ago of someone in a canoe looking in through the window of the Kings Arms, when flood levels were somewhat higher than it is now.
Ian
Ian