Spurn

Many moons ago I posted a picture of this lightship from the other side of the dock. Here it is again a bit closer.

The ship helped mariners enter the Humber for nearly fifty years until it was decommissioned and turned into a museum by the council. If you're thinking of visiting you will have to wait till March and go on a weekend on the other hand it is free like all our museums and art galleries. There are a few links to the ship the best in my opinion are here and here.

View from the top

Perhaps I should take more photos from the top deck of the bus; the main drawbacks are the dirty windows and thr reflections. Still, with a little practice, it might be worth the effort. Here's Princes Avenue where yesterday's shot was also taken on the way into town.

Pave

Pave is one of the many cafés and bars that have opened in the Avenues area. It's name is an abbreviation of P(rinces) Ave(nue). It's website claims "By day, this is the place to meet, chat and enjoy the papers. By night, Pave buzzes."

Water Play Area

Ok, you've got to use a little imagination here. This device is part of an area in East Park recently given over as a 'Water Play Area' and ordinarily there'd be water gushing through this thing and filling a large shallow pool. In the words of a nearby notice it's "a wonderful area for children to have fun and create new memories"; just so long as they don't break the numerous rules that are also posted nearby.   The area is drained in Autumn, you can't have all year round fun; that would be against the rules.  

East Park Gates

A further testament to the concrete pourer's art is to be found adorning the entrance to East Park. They are so horrible that I could find nothing on the net to indicate who designed them, shame is a powerful motive for reticence. So here they stand to welcome the visitor; after this the actual park couldn't be any worse.

Le Quartier Latin

In Beverley there are two market places, Saturday Market and this one Wednesday Market (no prizes for guessing what day the market is held). Until a couple of years ago Wednesday Market was just an ugly little car park for most of the week then it got given a remodelling into a 'continental style' eating place with outdoor tables and so on; you can imagine. I've seen it descibed as "Beverley's very own Latin Quarter" (do try not to smirk). I don't think it's been a successful transformation and I've never seen anyone sitting out enjoying the ambience. At the heart of this sits the Queen's Head which looks old but I am reliably informed it has been modernised.

Market Cross, Beverley