It is now two weeks since the rain and flooding, followed by freezing mornings and ice. The weather has finally stayed dry for long enough to go for a reasonable walk today, 12kms up the hills but still having to keep to the roads. There is a great deal of mud and grit on the roads, both from slippage off the bank sides and run off from the fields and overflowing streams. In some places the sides of the road have been eroded and also the tarmac has been ripped up. One road in particular is badly torn and higher up has a 'Road Closed' sign.
The house drive had been washed away and the torn tarmac has been used to fill the hole so that they can get out onto the road. It will probably be weeks before all the damage is fixed.
Another road had debris deposited about 2ft above road level and the stream at the side has flung stones into the adjacent fields. The road itself must have been like a river.
The damaged road - with water still running in the hole from an underground stream.
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