Winter Floods, St Ives, Cambs. ~ 26th December 2020

[Pen Pusher]

Although the Met Office officially declared Christmas day a ‘White Christmas’, the good folk of Bedfordshire who live alongside the River Great Ouse (fourth longest river in the UK) spent their Christmas day trying to keep the flood waters at bay as the River Great Ouse burst its banks and Storm Bella is expected to bring more rain and winds of up to 70mph tonight and tomorrow.
As the River Great Ouse runs through Cambridgeshire, I went with my camera for a power walk in keeping with Tier 4 Covid-19 rules of ‘solo exercising in a public space’, to document the flooding around St Ives, Cambs.


Boat moorings along the Waits.


Boat moorings along the Waits.


Boat moorings along the Waits.


The Dolphin Hotel car park. Parts of the hotel are built on stilts to counter the flooding.


View across the car park with the flooded Hemingford Grey Meadow beyond the hedge/tree line.


A flooded Wilhorn Meadow with housing at Enderbys Wharf.


The fifty-five arch Grade II listed London Road Viaduct built in 1822, spanning the floodplain of Wilhorn Meadow.


Enderbys Wharf.


The Quay, St Ives.


The Chapel on the Bridge on the right with Enderbys Wharf behind.


St Ives Bridge, built over the Great River Ouse, and Chapel completed in 1420.


Dangerous wildlife of St Ives.

Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-RX100 M6

[John flightpath]

Loving those shots PP. Thanks for taking the timeout to post. You have actually put St Ives onto my places to visit list.
All the best
John 'flightpath'.