Flood water disturbed ground beneath Spencer Court, Newburn, Newcastle, damaging the foundations when a culvert collapsed during flash floods.

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The white smudge is also several hundred metres from a disturbed bit of ground that looks as though it has been singed by a rocket.

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Here, you can sleep high above the ground, disturbed, apparently, only by the snoring of the elephant below.

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The clear-up operation, which began in the summer, has meant the ground is being disturbed, releasing the smell.

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