AS the city mulls over the prospects for Terry's, another idea is floated. New plans for homes sitting on the Foss are going before the council.

Living on the river has been the idle dream of everyone who has read the Wind In The Willows. But as Ratty and Mole knew only too well, it can be a hazardous existence.

While the engineering behind these modern houseboats is assuredly tip-top, we would still lie awake in our "waterbeds" worrying about York's topography.

What with flooding expected to become more frequent, there is always the concern that you would fall asleep in Walmgate and wake up in Wigginton.

Updated: 10:18 Thursday, February 02, 2006