Floods

Following the recent wet weather we have again been confined to the roads, and some of them were not passable. Our little stream was flooded as these photos show. Then we had torrential rain for hours last weekend. Our little brook became a raging torrent, we could hear it roaring in the night. Several homes near its banks were flooded when it rose 8ft!. The corner of the grass bank in the fourth picture has been partially torn away since we took the photos.

Finally we did manage a walk up the hill, with water still running down the road sides. Our thoughts are with those whose homes were flooded and with farmers who are struggling with the dreadful conditions.

The stream burst its banks and came up to the path with the first flood and over it at the second. It usually flows to the right of the tree in the left hand photo; and the right of the tree in the right hand one

Taken about 1 hour apart the level was dropping at the bridge

During the second flood 24 hours later the water was up over the sides of the bridge and onto the road