That Will Do!

By flumgummery

Fishing For Trains?

Courtesy of Miss Flum I know this view well but had never seen it for myself.

The sculpture, named The Fisher Of Dreams, sits with his bicycle and his dog on the old swing bridge over the River Ouse, on a disused railway line between Bishopthorpe and Naburn. The fisher is 4m high from bridge-top to the top of his head, the dog 3.3m nose to tail and 2m high, the bicycle wheels are 8 feet diameter (clearly wheels are all imperial!).

We also visited Saturn, then turned round and went to Jupiter - how's that for long-distance travel! They are part of the York Solar System Trail, where models of the planets are placed to scale at distances from the sun, starting from Askham Bar Park and Ride travelling 6.4 miles (10km) and, before you know it, you're on Pluto.

We then drove to Tadcaster to see the viaduct but decided to keep walking over it for another day, preferably one less windy than today.

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