We scraped through this neck of the woods last year. From Belgium all the way to Rouen the rivers and canals were low, sometimes dangerously low. But this year, at least in Normandy, the waters are rising.
Dafür haben die Gefiederten vorübergehend neue Lebensräume gefunden.
This used to be a pasture full of sheep. Now, seabirds cavort.
Für manche bedeuten die Kapriolen der Seine sogar das Ende.
This poor fish never made it back when the high water retreated.
Und für die, die zu dicht am Wasser gebaut haben, zumindest Ungemach.
And many a summer house has been flooded along the Seine.
Es ist zu hoffen, dass in dieser Hundehütte niemand zu Hause war, als das Wasser kam.
A dog house, hopefully abandoned in time.
Wir haben dem Hafen in Saint-Aubin-les-Elbeuf einen Besuch abgestattet; dort haben wir letzten Herbst einige Tage verbracht und uns dabei gewundert, warum zum Teufel die Rampe so steil ist, dass man Steigeisen und ein Seil braucht, um sicher rauf und runter zu kommen, siehe das Bild links. Jetzt weist die Rampe gerade noch eine sanfte Steigung auf, man betrachte das Bild rechts.
We visited the marina at Saint-Aubin-les-Elbeuf the other day by car. This was our last stop before Rouen in late October and we had to be very, very careful to time our departure for high tide. On the left, the steep ramp shows how low the water was back then compared to what we saw yesterday, on the right.
This used to be a pasture full of sheep. Now, seabirds cavort.
This poor fish never made it back when the high water retreated.
And many a summer house has been flooded along the Seine.
A dog house, hopefully abandoned in time.
We visited the marina at Saint-Aubin-les-Elbeuf the other day by car. This was our last stop before Rouen in late October and we had to be very, very careful to time our departure for high tide. On the left, the steep ramp shows how low the water was back then compared to what we saw yesterday, on the right.