When did it start to rain? When will it stop? Everywhere is sodden it seems. Down to the Vale and on to the White Bridge. There, a huge willow brought down by Storm Arwen in distant 2021 has remained in place barely trimmed, and now dams the Ouseburn. The volume of water that struggles to bypass the trunk has built up and overflows into a 'new' old channel looping around the obstacle – water always finds a way – and torrents over the weir beneath a sorry looking White Bridge.
However, it was, in a small way, a spectacle on a very dull day, when the colours of the autumn lightened the mood of winding down towards the year's Shortest Day, and recalling the exciting way nature can never be taken for granted, even here in the heart of a city.
Album of photographs here (off site link)
