Monday, 4 January 2021

A Walk after Christmas

 

 I decided to take a walk down to the river just after Christmas as we drew near the New Year, I knew we had had a lot of rain and wondered if it had flooded

This was as near as I could get on Ferry Lane, the Thames had clearly risen a lot flooding the meadows and lane.

Zooming in on the Thames you could see it flowing through fast where the scum was in the centre

I took a panoramic of Cholsey Marsh, from a line across the lane you could see the water had been further up but had receded a little

I headed back along the lane passing this meadow which once held dairy cattle for the old hospital, a sign now telling you it was a nature reserve. From what I could see a Dog walk where inconsiderate dog owner let their dog poop for others to walk in as I witnessed from the person who you might be able to make out in the left of the photo


Nearby a path leads to the old hospital which has been converted into housing

I carried on along the lane past the old Goods entrance to the hospital, the place a far cry as to what looked like 10 years ago.

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12 comments:

Photo Cache said...

I really enjoy the gloomy gray wintry scenes. Happy New Year.

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NCSue said...

Nice series of photos! It seems that you, too, have had lots of rain - things look plenty moist!
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Anonymous said...

Lovely walk there. It looks quite a bit like here, gray skies and lots of rainy puddles and overflowing streams.

Linda W. said...

Wow that's a lot of water!

Fun60 said...

The ground is saturated everywhere. It isn't going to take much more rain before we see a lot more flooding.

Beatrice P. Boyd said...

We also went for our first walk of 2021 and on New Years Day in a nearby park area. The river and canal we walked past were not significantly higher from recent rains and snow melt. Thanks for taking us along on your first walk.

Billy Blue Eyes said...

Yes they can be nice

Billy Blue Eyes said...

Not so much now though

Billy Blue Eyes said...

Very changeable at the moment

Billy Blue Eyes said...

Serious amount for the Thames

Billy Blue Eyes said...

Looks like we have a breathing space at the moment

Billy Blue Eyes said...

I try to say well clear were people tend to go so the river was a good bet on that day