Ouse Bridge, Saturday night. A Saturday night when the races were on. A short film.

According to press reports over the summer York has become a ‘no go’ area at the weekends. So we thought we’d go there specially, to see just how dreadful and shocking it was.

Nothing particularly shocking was noticed. Though there was a man playing bagpipes.

We’ve been hearing a lot of consternation about stag and hen parties, particularly those carrying inflatable phalluses, and news of York’s alleged problem with ‘gigantic willies’ even reached the national press. The headline reported what ‘locals say’. Or some of them. Some locals recognise that rowdiness and bawdiness of visiting groups of people having a wild old time at the weekend is also part of York’s heritage and culture, and always has been.

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A very short film. You’ll need the sound enabled, to hear the train going over.

On the evening of the solstice we were out for a walk and passed through here. It’s not the most pleasant place in York, but it’s certainly atmospheric, particularly when the trains go over while you’re in it. There’s a bit where you’re not enclosed as much by the whiteness as a dark space looms above your head. This has pigeons roosting in it, hence the pause and change of camera angle at one point.

If that doesn’t appeal, here’s a still image instead.

And yes, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, as people always say there is.

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