River Tyne at rest

There has been so much turbulent water this weekend I was surprised to see how calm the River Tyne was at Newcastle this afternoon.

I was shocked and saddened to see that Pooley Bridge bridge has been lost in the floods.  It's a bridge that has been in my life for 50 years and our children's lives too.  Many's the time we've leaned over the parapet to see the swans and ducks, even throw pebbles in the river.    A little piece of history obliterated overnight.

Two pics of the bridge in the extras.