So the UK government has decided that there should be a Covid-19 lockdown in England for 28 days from midnight tonight. Well, Mother Nature is ahead of the government, the River Ouse has risen due to heavy rain in the Yorkshire Dales, and the Kings Arms pub and it's neighbours were forced to close two days early.
This isn't the first time I've features the flooding that occurs regularly in York. The Kings Arms and it's neighbouring buildings appeared in our project almost 2 years ago - http://365project.org/fishers/365/2019-03-16
This time the flooding has been of quite short duration, with the flood level beginning to fall during last night.
This view is very popular with the media - the Kings Arms regularly receives free publicity on local tv with each flood.
Oh my, the Kings Arms is well underwater again! Needs some clever engineer to work out a way of shoring it up against flood. They must lose so many barrels of beer from the cellars each time, let alone the refurbishment and cleaning after flooding. Here's hoping the lockdown is over and done with speedily, I remain unconvinced that we actually need one at all given how out of date the data was on those crucial slides. Ho hum! (Said Pooh)
@casablanca They cheat - the barrels are stored quite safely upstairs! On the lockdown, I've just been looking at the latest government data, and the number of daily cases (rolling 7 day average) seems to have levelled off ( https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/cases - second graph)
@jesika2 It was about 1.2 metres below the record last night when it reached it's peak. On Rowntree Park, I have a suspicion that where the pond is might once have been an earlier course of the river. Futher south on Nun Ings there is a sweeping curve which could be a continuation of an old river course. If only I could find some documented evidence to support my theory!
So sad to hear about the lock down - it has been a trying year. Oh my that looks to be some deep water but glad to hear they keep their barrels safe from the flood waters.
Brings back memories of being flooded it's not just the water it's the mud,, the drying out the loss of contaminated items...hopefully the pub is well prepared if it's a regular event
The sign has caught my attention and it seems that is the figure of King Richard III ( you know I was very interested in his character). The flooding makes a very nice picture. Beautiful shot. Our govt. very unwillingly has increased measures to fight covid19 but not as much as we expect when the number of infected persons is beyond what we can cater for.
Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.
The flood water is now receeding, so there will be a clean-up of the riverside paths and the buildings affected. This building has been much modified to minimise flood damage. It's floors are stone and internal walls stone or brick, so it is simply necessary to use a hosepipe and disinfectant to clean up. I have in the past seen the Kings Arms reopen before the flood water has completely gone from the quay in front of it.
As for the lockdown, I don't feel too apprehensive this time, since I coped with over 3 months of it last time. It's a good time to start a new project. Last time I updated my spreadsheet which documents my photos, with details of around 10,000 photos added.
Ian
Ian
We`ve increase the restrictions to. Most of them I did n`t so it do n`t involve me very badly.
Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.
The flood water is now receeding, so there will be a clean-up of the riverside paths and the buildings affected. This building has been much modified to minimise flood damage. It's floors are stone and internal walls stone or brick, so it is simply necessary to use a hosepipe and disinfectant to clean up. I have in the past seen the Kings Arms reopen before the flood water has completely gone from the quay in front of it.
As for the lockdown, I don't feel too apprehensive this time, since I coped with over 3 months of it last time. It's a good time to start a new project. Last time I updated my spreadsheet which documents my photos, with details of around 10,000 photos added.
Ian
Next time I'm in the city centre I'll try and get a photo of the Kings Arms sign!
Ian
Thank you Pat - it floods here so often that I get quite a lot of practice taking photos here!
Ian