River is up … wheel is up

The waters of the Ouse have done their usual autumn/winter thing, and the river level has risen dramatically after recent rain. The wider waters offered bigger reflections of the big sunset, and the big wheel.

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Enough about the wheel … (see the ‘Big wheel 2011′ page, added 10 Dec 2011, for more ‘in-depth’ background/coverage). Here’s another photo from this afternoon’s short wander to the wheel and to the riverside, showing the big brown Ouse lapping (oozing?) around the bottom of Marygate.

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