Picture(s) of the day....

[Huskyxantia]

Went and had a look , nice pics too

[myglaren]

Went for a 'nature walk' today, down the riverside (river Wear). We used to live a couple of hundred yards away but it has been many years and the place is now unrecognisable in the main, very much overgrown.

The Victoria viaduct, rail traffic for the use of, long disused now.

My next door neighbour threw himself off the middle of it.
Looks like someone else has too.

We were promised lower temperatures, stiff breeze and some thunder, lightening and rain, none of which was in evidence, just a lot of hot heat.

[Rp0thejester]

Such an uplifting post, till the middle.... Looks like a beautiful place

[PaulC5]

Is the river tidal or is the water level low due to the lack of rain ?

[CitroJim]

Good to see the bridge won't get stolen; not with all those padlocks on it!

[myglaren]

Is the river tidal or is the water level low due to the lack of rain ?

Tidal down here. Got caught with that at the Tyne last week too, thought I was further inland than the tide affected (Jarrow) should have known better.

The streams that run through the parks here are practically dry, normally plenty of water in them.
One, that runs through the Princess Anne Park, which is in a valley, has previously filled the valley and overflowed into adjacent housing estates, farms and roads. Not often, fortunately.
That stream and most of the others feed into the Wear.

[myglaren]

Good to see the bridge won't get stolen; not with all those padlocks on it!

They all have s and initials on them, some silliness started in France, I believe. Fitting for a French Car Forum

[MattBLancs]

Good to see the bridge won't get stolen; not with all those padlocks on it!

They all have s and initials on them, some silliness started in France, I believe. Fitting for a French Car Forum

Definitely a European thing - my sister has seen quite a bit of it over in Slovenia too.

"Love locks"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_lock

[CitroJim]

Good to see the bridge won't get stolen; not with all those padlocks on it!

They all have s and initials on them, some silliness started in France, I believe. Fitting for a French Car Forum

Bloody French

[mickthemaverick]

My picture of the day;

BFTW

Full story can be found here

[myglaren]

Is the river tidal or is the water level low due to the lack of rain ?

Coming back to this, I was going to go further up river, to Chester-le-Street, where there is a wear (on the Wear ) but in today's news it says that the river was dangerously low and affecting wildlife (fish, I presume) and has been topped up with water from the Kielder Reservour.
Shelve that investigation then.

The bins are right outside the door to the garden. About to hang washing out, I use the bins to put the washing basket and pegs on, had to hose them down before proceeding.
Pigeons nests under the solar panels. Many eggs and eggshells have come down into the garden, along with mountains of pigeon s**t that has to be hosed away frequently, several times a day some days. This one looked just about ready to hatch and maybe was in the process and kicked itself out of the nest.

The bloke next door has a Harris Hawk and a couple of owls that I want him to relocate onto my roof but he doesn't seem at all enthused about that.

[CitroJim]

The bloke next door has a Harris Hawk and a couple of owls that I want him to relocate onto my roof but he doesn't seem at all enthused about that.

Maybe he'd be more interested to rehome them here... We have a massive problem with flying rats

I feel your pain Steve... They thrive mainly because many humans stupidly feed them, both directly and indirectly, and the pigeons thrive on it; they're not bird-brains.