Hull and Hereabouts

One thing we don't get in England is tumbleweed but perhaps a ball or two wistfully drifting across this scene might be appropriate h...

So that's one more year seen through without too many disasters, still standing (or rather sitting) at the end of it all can't b...

The river Hull in these parts is basically an extension of the North Sea and as such is subject to the same tidal ups and downs. Which m...

This is common toadflax ( Linaria vulgaris ) growing by the side of a busy road. It's by no  means a rare plant and is a favourite o...

Four years ago Humberside Police were given the worst possible efficiency rating and were condemned as inadequate. Public confidence in ...

Which came first the flower or the colour? These are pinks (Dianthus) and have been called pinks since day one or, at least, since the D...

... City Daily Photo's theme days. This month's is ' Sensual ' ...

The advertising on this building attempts to convince that it is so much more than bingo but that's advertising for you; a manifest ...

As I know very little (and care even less) about cars I looked up about the Morris Minor in our old friend Wikipedia. According to this ...

Here's the good old Barmston Drain passing under Clough Road. That yellow thing in the water is a sign from the nearby fitness cent...

I don't know if A E Housman ever came to the City of Culture but if he did I'm sure he'd have appreciated these loveliest o...

Clough Road, Hull An idea being put out by a group calling itself Generation Rent suggests that Parliament be brought to Hull and tha...

When applying for planning permission to build anything new  nowadays you have to supply a flood risk assessment, a surveyor, at no sm...

I came across this tree a fortnight ago and it was covered in these pretty flowers that I've never seen the likes of before. Now I...

With zebras and elephants yesterday and hippos today this place is turning in a virtual Serengeti ... I stumbled across this monster whi...

No big building these days comes without at least some landscaping, few roses here, a flower bed there, an act of propitiation for the d...

It was in March last year that I found it odd that there were two keep-fit establishments practically within spitting distance of each ...

I don't know what it is about keep fit gyms; you don't see any for what seems like half a life time then two spring up practical...

If you go through the gates shown in yesterday's post and follow the road round a short way you come across this old gas tank. I...