06 Sep 09 - Goole and the Trent

7th September 2009

My visit to the Tees the other week finally ispired me to get off my fat behind and get out and about around the local area again. Since the beginning of May I seem to have spent my entire time flogging through several thousand images from the Mediterranean. All very nice, and loads of new sightings, but it was quite refreshing to get back to the old stamping ground again. As another nod in the direction of tradition, my visit was made more or less blind, as the Humber.com site had been down since Saturday, so I had only the haziest idea of what might be around. As I set off from York, the sky to the west was looking very dark and ominous and I almost turned back before I even got onto the ring road. However, as I headed for the A64, I could see that the skies down Goole way, although still cloudy, looked a great deal brighter, so I carried on. I had half an idea that I might take the Waterways Museum boat trip around the docks but the threat of rain and the limited time available once again prevented this – I’ll manage it one day. In the end, the rain stayed off, there were a few blinks of sunshine and, although the ships on offer mostly comprised the usual suspects, I was rewarded with four new sightings for my efforts, so I would count the trip a success.

Wilhelmine Steffens	Wilhelmine Steffens	Trans Odin	Paper Moon
Paper Moon	Paper Moon	Paper Moon	Nortic
Nortic	Nortic	Helenic	Helenic