From above Linton on Ouse Lock, to York
We were greeted this morning by high water levels, which was no big surprise given the heavy rainfall overnight. Our picture shows the tremendous flow of water moving over the weir adjacent to Linton Lock. Coming out of the lock onto the landing stage was quite exciting, but once underway down the river it wasn't too bad.
We travelled much faster than yesterday with all the fresh water in the river but it still seemed to take a long time to get to York in the rain.
Fortunately there were plenty of mooring spaces, so we moored by Lendal Bridge. We enjoyed a good lunch in the oldest pub in York, and spent the afternoon wondering around the city.
We heard the captain on one of the trip boats going by giving out an interesting fact on his commentary. Apparently, (he claimed), the Yorkshire Ouse is a unique river in that it has no source and no end as it is formed by the Ure, Swale and Nidd and becomes the Humber before it reaches the sea!
Tomorrow we take the rapids back down to Selby, sailing with the outgoing tide, and fighting our way through the dead sheep and gas cylinders etc again! Wish us luck!
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