Rain,Rain,Rain!

[jonela]

Seen haw bad the flooding in the uk is and felt lucky,living on the top of a cliff . Anyway after three days of torrential rain this is how the river running through the town looks

 

[bry]

Yeah it's been wet here also.Down South in particular..

 

[clivvy]

Bloody hell!

stay safe buddy:thumbs

 

[jonela]

canal well over tow path

 

[cncfabs]

We got a bit of rain here was taking a gearbox out this afternoon in this

 

[firebobby]

And we are supposed to be getting worse tomorrow

 

[jonela]

Another Gail last night 90Kph winds More rain, someone had to be rescued by helicopter from a canal side cottage! I'M THINKING OF BUILDING AN ARK!

 

[CliveG]

Seeing where you are I consider myself lucky!Which dept are you?

 

[jonela]

Seeing where you are I consider myself lucky!Which dept are you?

We are in 29 Finistere, ad that's the Nante-Brest Canal

 

[AlexD333]

What can I say, the rain here in london...

 

[jonela]

What can I say , Even the rain doesn't want to go to London! lol

 

[solarman216]

Done a awful lot of travelling in France and always thought they had water under control judging by the size of most of the open drains and catch pits observed, but maybe not, or maybe the powers that be have done the same as in the UK and stopped spending on river dredging etc and spent it on wild life rubbish, my travelling was in the 70's so plenty of time for things to deteriorate, Rick

 

[jonela]

Done a awful lot of travelling in France and always thought they had water under control judging by the size of most of the open drains and catch pits observed, but maybe not, or maybe the powers that be have done the same as in the UK and stopped spending on river dredging etc and spent it on wild life rubbish, my travelling was in the 70's so plenty of time for things to deteriorate, Rick

They are very good Here, always clearing the ditches and run offs but it has rained here almost non stop for three weeks and the ground is just saturated so now it just runs strait off . It hasn't flooded this bad since 1997

 

[solarman216]

They are very good Here, always clearing the ditches and run offs but it has rained here almost non stop for three weeks and the ground is just saturated so now it just runs strait off . It hasn't flooded this bad since 1997

Much the same here, never seen so much rain, wish my water wheel was working, but box seized up a year or so ago and not had time to sort it, Rick

 

[exosteve]

not good for my business.
window cleaning.
im getting far too fat sitting by me coal fire making models:augie

 

[firebobby]

Done a awful lot of travelling in France and always thought they had water under control judging by the size of most of the open drains and catch pits observed, but maybe not, or maybe the powers that be have done the same as in the UK and stopped spending on river dredging etc and spent it on wild life rubbish, my travelling was in the 70's so plenty of time for things to deteriorate, Rick

Rick mate, your spot on, the ditch and land drains in this country are crap, most around here are filled with silt and trees, if this simple system was kept clear, we wouldn't have nowhere near the flooding inland that were seeing.
France does look after it's drain systems very well

 

[CliveG]

I'm down in SW(33) nearest big town is Bergerac(24),had lots of rain down here too,ditches are usually pretty well maintained in fairness but shear volume of water running off the land is filling a lot of them up,the Dordogne is pretty high and certainly got a strong current to it.Back garden boggy here and my dog really doesn't like it!

 

[solarman216]

Rick mate, your spot on, the ditch and land drains in this country are crap, most around here are filled with silt and trees, if this simple system was kept clear, we wouldn't have nowhere near the flooding inland that were seeing.
France does look after it's drain systems very well

Read in today's paper the Environment Agency have been selling off their dredgers, as being past their prime, and need to sell while they still have some life in them, one was a supper dredger with 3000 hours on the clock, but they say not to worry we will just hire in subcontractors, unbelievable, Rick

 

[jonela]

Read in today's paper the Environment Agency have been selling off their dredgers, as being past their prime, and need to sell while they still have some life in them, one was a supper dredger with 3000 hours on the clock, but they say not to worry we will just hire in subcontractors, unbelievable, Rick

That's jut typical of a government department they can spend as much as they want as long as they can say it saves money, my sister works for a GD and they centralized there purchasing so they could get better deals, now they pay 25£ for a packet of copy paper(not a box) a packet !!!!

 

[solarman216]

Yep you got it in one, corruption wholesale, they are all at it, that is why I have opted out, Rick