This was due to very heavy rain deposited on the town by Storm Angus.
This morning we checked on the level of the River Ancholme - consulting the Environment Agency's latest depth reading and employing our own eyesight/camera.
We were pleasantly surprised to discover that there's no cause for concern.
When we looked at 9am the river was running off well towards the sluice South Ferriby, where our river enters the mighty Humber.
This is indicated here by the wet bricks along the wall beside of the White Hart pub beer garden.
It takes time for run-off water from the Wolds to find its way into the Ancholme so we will be keeping an eye on the Agency's depth readings taken in Brigg.
There will be further posts about the Tree of Light on Brigg Blog.
However, we returned to take a picture today, once it had got light and the storm had passed.
Yesterday presented difficult conditions when it came to pointing the camera.
These pictures were taken during yesterday afternoon's Tree of Light dedication service, which took place in a temporary Co-op gazebo, just visible below. Heavy rain was beating down at the time.
Somewhat drier conditions this morning when we photographed the Tree of Light, with some messages already attached in memory of loved ones. The picture shows the tree's location is very near to Brigg's main Old Courts Road car park.
On a positive front, Storm Angus provided some welcome watering for these attractive hanging baskets on the front of the Woolpack, in Brigg Market Place.
I think I've told you about my mate Angus....and predictive texts, Nige.
ReplyDeleteI used to get messages ending with 'Cheers, Anus'!!
.....and now for something educationally deadly serious and will amaze yer mates.....
ReplyDeleteThe Humber is the remnant of a massive drainage basin with another remnant of another significant river, the Rhine of the low lying landmass of Doggerland.
Affected by rising sea levels following the last Ice Age some 10k years ago, the Doggerland was completely swamped circa 6000 BC when part of an underwater continentional shelf off Norway collapsed and created an enormous tsunami that flooded the area - thus killing off Britain's land-bridge with Europe...making our country an island and creating the North Sea....
Another amazing fact....during the last Ice Age (in UK, we can trace 3 Ice Ages...and globally, some experts believe there havd been around 200 Ice Ages)...which retreated circa 10k years ago, the Humber area was a frozen glacier and as the ice thawed, creating meltwaters, the early River Ancholme from the other way....from North to South....it was only when the Humber ice plug disappeared did the Ancholme flow in the direction we recognise today....
ReplyDeleteAnother amazing fact....during the last Ice Age (in UK, we can trace 3 Ice Ages...and globally, some experts believe there havd been around 200 Ice Ages)...which retreated circa 10k years ago, the Humber area was a frozen glacier and as the ice thawed, creating meltwaters, the early River Ancholme from the other way....from North to South....it was only when the Humber ice plug disappeared did the Ancholme flow in the direction we recognise today....
ReplyDelete.....and now for something educationally deadly serious and will amaze yer mates.....
ReplyDeleteThe Humber is the remnant of a massive drainage basin with another remnant of another significant river, the Rhine of the low lying landmass of Doggerland.
Affected by rising sea levels following the last Ice Age some 10k years ago, the Doggerland was completely swamped circa 6000 BC when part of an underwater continentional shelf off Norway collapsed and created an enormous tsunami that flooded the area - thus killing off Britain's land-bridge with Europe...making our country an island and creating the North Sea....