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The UK is the most watched over, snooped on and generally gawped at nation on the planet.

This pub in Cottingham is taking no chances. In Cottingham's shopping area, which is no more than two short streets, I counted at least a dozen CCTV cameras, not including the three you see here. This is by no means rare, there are millions of these spying machines up and down the land.  

Lovey Dovey

Tree Carving

When the Avenues area of Hull was built they were lined with trees which, over the years, grew and grew. Now the soil of Hull is really just glorified play-doh. Big trees and houses built on clay don't mix very well, so the big trees have got to come down and be replaced by less troublesome varieties. Rather than just removing them completely the stumps have been carved into various sculptures.  The local church is called St Cuthbert's  so I guess that explains why we have a Lindisfarne theme.

Boats

A mute swan stands in what appears to be a pile of old boats. This is the moorings at Beverley Beck.

Playtime

Low tide

Green

When the good folk of Beverley were building their town they needed stone to make foundations. They dug chalk from the area now known as Newbegin Pits. These are now a delightful overgrown woodland, wonderfully spooky in places.