Trip on the Sobriety

Last Friday I went on a trip on the Sobriety with 12 members of my Goole WEA class from the Waterways museum at Goole. Sobriety is a Humber keel, built in 1910 and now fitted out for day and residential trips either along the canal system or on the river.

The trip was organised by Eileen Sherburn who, with her husband Goff, is  a member of   the class. Goff has spent his working life on such vessels and, as their son Chris, along with Waterways manager Rachel Walker, were our crew, we were in safe hands.

Although it was cold and sometimes wet it was fascinating to see Goole and the local villages  of Swinefleet, Saltmarshe, Blacktoft and Whitgift from the river. We journeyed past Hull up to Paull as we were travelling with the tide which was flowing quickly. The trip took us all day and we returned to Goole around half past six in the evening, passing through Ocean Lock on our way back to the museum.

Below are some pictures of our trip taken by Gilbert Tawn, our resident photographer!

Sobriety at the Waterways museum

Leaving Goole

Passing Saltmarshe

Whitgift church

Yokefleet windmill

Gilbert

Passing under the Humber Bridge

Hull

Almost home

St John's church, Goole

Bursea chapel and Holme on Spalding Moor church

I had a very interesting time on Tuesday when a friend took me to visit the little chapel at Bursea near Holme on Spalding Moor. It stands on the site of an earlier chapel and was designed by well-known architect William Butterfield who designed, amongst other buildings, Keble College, Oxford. It was built by Goole stone mason Henry Kassell and paid for by the Sotheron-Estcourt family.

We then looked at the remains of the nearby Sod House lock on the Market Weighton canal and then climbed (by car!) to the top of Holme Hill and visited the church. I think the view from outside the church across to York Minster must be unrivalled. Inside the church still has its old pews and pulpit with sounding board and all  is beautifully clean and polished.