I thought a spring tide was just a full tide, tied (ouch!) in with the phases of the moon. The opposite being the neap tides, which are exceptionally low. It's just that they get bigger in the spring/autumn, perhaps. I'm not a mariner-type, though.

Gowdall will have plenty to send you in Hook if what's around me here is anything to go by. ( I live 2 miles upstream). Our crossroads in the village was under about 6 inches of water again late last night, which means the beck will be backing up again. My daughter's boyfriend managed, by going via Snaith, to get to his mum's on the south side of Selby. He says his uncle has been evacuated again from Barlby and told that if the worst happens the water could reach his upstairs, and that it might be 3 months before he can get back in. Also, if the defences at Selby breached last night, it would flood the electrical sub-station. The boyfriend also said that the state of the river crossing at Snaith was looking a bit "iffy". It will depend on what gets onto the approach roads.

Syd at the Jug once told me that the pub had never been flooded in its 250 year history, because the water always goes the other side of the river.

Thoughts are with all you lot who may be soaking and flooded.

Andrea