Put my wellies on today because local radio was advising us to check the website for advice about coping with floods – move all valuables upstairs for example.
Well no sign of flooding outside, just very windy. Saturday was bad – I haven’t seen the stream in such full spate for a long time, & there were serious problems with surface water on some stretches of the main road – clearly drain trouble, blockages or maybe cracking during the deep freeze - the water company was out in force.
But back at home we are still benefiting from the serious effort which was put into clearing our drains. There was not even a serious puddle on the bridge.
When the water subsides it will be interesting to see what changes there are in the bed of the stream – the mud banks have just kept on growing & the number of big stones on the bed increasing; there are even signs of a couple of small natural weirs developing. Perhaps some of this debris will have been swept further downstream.
