Ouseburn: Into the culvert ©2020
A walk on a grey day to search for the first signs of spring. As I walked I mused on the origins of my Battlefield, a.k.a. the City Stadium and the infilling of what must have been a grubby gorge running down to the Tyne; if only they had waited until the Industrial Revolution Mk. I had run its own course! What a fine little dene we would have had!
Recent heavy rain had swollen the Ouseburn and gushed over the weir into the dark culvert to carry its brown waters towards the Tyne and the sea.
The Council had also been busy tiding up. Almost a first. It won't last. Nature has a way of fighting back.
Photographic record of the walk – including a peek at some very discrete allotments – here (off site link)
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