Hull and Hereabouts

The Fisher Fleet just after sunset with a bit of a tide to reflect the lights and ghostly almost invisible ducks quacking to themselves ...

I don't know what the protocol is with photoblogs regarding showing photos of photos; I did it before and no-one said anything so I...

A veritable fleet of gas platform supply vessels was filling up the usually empty Albert Dock the other day. These belong to a company c...

On the north pier sits this recently installed (October last year) statue, the Gansey Girl, depicting a young woman knitting a traditio...

Cobles were the clinker built shallow draught workhorses of the North-east coast's fishing industry. The larger one to the rear is t...

Meanwhile, back in Bridlington, a new sculpture depicting a ruddy-faced chap in period costume carrying a grapnel anchor has appeared at...

A Victorian guide to Britain's railway, Bradshaw's Guide, talks of Hull being like Venice and people taking special trains from ...

Bridlington was pretty much the same as ever it is at the end of season, quiet, the odd tourist, a few seagulls waiting for scraps, th...

Been a while since I've had a walk by Beverley beck. Hasn't changed much. My plan to cross over at this bridge and co...

Swinderby You can go weeks without seeing anything moving on the old river then you get two barges together. Maybe they like to travel...

Nowadays Bridlington will welcome any visitor who cares to call but at one time there was felt a need to keep out certain foreign invade...

On what was possibly the greyest and dullest day ever known I took myself off to the seaside for an afternoon in Bridlington. The place ...

As the evening descends on the old dockside buildings the place looks almost attractive. The Weekend in Black and White is upon us a...

This weekend the P1 Powerboat championships take place on the Humber in what I've read is called the Grand Prix of the Sea. This y...

Or more properly present and past. Above we have the entrance to Princes Quay shopping mall viewed across the Hull hole . Below how it...

To judge by the number of boats landing their catches the floor of the North Sea must be covered in crabs. In ten minutes I saw four boa...

At low tide the small boats rest on the mud of Bridlington's harbour. The tidemark on the harbour wall shows how high the water rises. ...

This starburst security featutre adds to the attractions of Hull's marina; well it's better than a plain fence anyway.

This year has been the second warmest on record and this month has been 1C above average. All of which means this place is pretty redundant ...