After the flood

The wet and then ice have still restricted our walking but we have managed some short walks (5 - 7kms). The path near the stream has dried out and the water is back to winter levels.
A lot of gravel has been moved in the stream bed, some of it dropped on the bank tops. Away from the stream stones and gravel have washed out of fields and bank sides and have been deposited on the roads. Debris is hanging feet high on gates and in the bushes. In one place the tarmac has been torn up by the force of the water and in many places the edge of the road has been broken away. The roads too must have been like rivers.
However this morning it was more a case of being careful not to slip on the icy patches. We hope that the roads dry out soon to make it possible to walk up some of our local hills. That will happen when the last of the run off from the fields finally dries up and we have less frost. At least the sun was shining as we walked round the roads today.

Compare the levels in these 2 photos with the floods below. The stones and gravel dropped by the flood can be seen on the bank and in the stream in the left hand photo