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I'm watching TV and a "severe weather warning for Worcestershire" has just come up at the bottom of the screen. It must be bad, I've never seen that happen before.

Bucketed down all afternoon here. I'm going back to Hong Kong!

Bren, I'll see how much the washing smells before I decide whether to wash it all again.

Herby, those baggy bloomers are DH's fault. He always stretches my underwear.

Dear Jenny, your very understanding and patient husband is going to love you for writing that.

Just been over the allotment picking veg, the area of ground i rotavated thursday night ready to put my leeks in, looks as if it's been open to the elements all winter. I will have to try and loosen it up a bit somehow to let a little air in, or it never will dry out.
I also planted my last fifty runner bean plants out thursday night, they really do look sorry for themselves all splashed with soil. At least they won't need watering.

On a much brighter side i am picking my first runner beans tomorrow, i am really pleased with the plants, they are covered in flower and setting very well.

According to the BBC, Horncastle in Lincolnshire is under water too. Does that mean KG HQ is inundated?

Would you believe it is dry up here? I got a patch of weak raspberries dug up, my leeks planted and my tomatoes tidied up. Still dithering whether to plant out my sweet corn, it's doing so well in the greenhouse I know it will balk at all the rain and cold we've been getting.

Chantal wrote:According to the BBC, Horncastle in Lincolnshire is under water too. Does that mean KG HQ is inundated?

The flood area will I suspect be around the lower lying area of the town centre inc' Mr Tescos supermarket carpark which is on very low land at the riverside.

The land rises as you head South towards HQ at the very South of the town...but drops away lower again passing HQ.


Add another 14mm to my previous stated 40mm...

I am into work in the next few minutes to check things there.

I picked/dug a fair selection for the big house yesterday morning before the rains returned...Arran Pilot Tates, Cabbage, Broad Beans, Radio Peas, Marrow, Courgettes, Kohl Rabi, Carrots, Rev W Wilkes Apples..hopefully that should keep them and guests in lunch this weekend.

I sampled the first Runner Bean yesterday...a few more days though before a full pick is available...likewise they have moved along well with loads of flower and good setting. The later planted beans have seemed stationary for weeks..cold soggy soil and yesterday buffeted by the winds...fortunately the first wigwams where sited in a sheltered area with N. wall behind.

Clive.

I wonder if Lady Lettuce will need carrying to safety

I should get your canoe out and start paddling OH. You should be able to get there to the rescue in a week or two. I'm sure she'll be touched at your concern, but what about Jason and Captain Carrot? The sad thing is you could probably paddle all the way from Bedfordshire the way things are at the moment.

I rained here in Rugby from 7pm on Friday until early this morning and after a couple of hours respite it's started again.

I've finished painting the kitchen and only have to put all the bits an pieces back when the gloss dries. If this rain keeps up I may be forced to start painting the bedrooms too

Seedling is off on holiday today (I forgot to ask her where she's going ). However, I've just rung her ansafone and left a message to say that she's not to worry, I'll water her allotment whilst she's away

Seedling is off on holiday today (I forgot to ask her where she's going ). However, I've just rung her ansafone and left a message to say that she's not to worry, I'll water her allotment whilst she's away
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I don't know how much rain we had yesterday but it is by far the worst flooding in the last 30 years.
it started to deluge about 8.30 am and by 10.30am the ditches were backing up and water coming out of the pour offs instead of going in. By 11.30 am the water was across the road and got progressively worse as the deluge continued. The road became a raging torrent by 12.30pm and it didn't abate until 4am this morning. I dread to hazard a guess how much water flowed past me yesterday. Considering that I live at 500ft above sea level I never thought that I would have to use anything to protect my property from flood water but yesterday I had water beginning to come under the door of the back porch and one of the barns flooded.
Thankfully it is the empty one and only home to some Swallows. It is scheduled to take a crop of Barley shortly and thankfully the bins are 2.5 ft of the barn floor.
The Green Lane alongside me is still a small river I'm glad my septic tank is 130ft away on the other side of the plot otherwise I would be well and truly in the 'you know what.'
Although my plot is at 500ft there is another 350ft above me and it is the water shed from there that is the problem. I am once again on my island but I have been to the village for essentials on the tractor. I got told off by a young Policeman for using a road that had been closed on safety grounds. I said "well you watch me going back in a few minutes and I advise you not to follow me 'cos the water is deeper than your car can take" "No comment was the stern reply!"
Who else had a day like it yesterday. It would be interesting to know from around the country.
JB.

OK, I appologise now. It's all my fault. I squashed a spider two weeks ago, and it hasn't stopped raining since! Incidentally, it was St Swithins day last Wednesday!
We, Mary and I, were going to the disability road show at Kimble airport, near Cirencester today, but decided to chicken out!

We're awash here again - third time in as many weeks. No power Thursday evenong and most of yesterday. Pouring down again today. It's about an inch away from the house (which has been here since the 1400s and has never been flooded 'til this summer) and the septic tank is already flooded. Delightful!

Looks like I'm going to spend the afternoon ironing - I've got no excuses left to avoid it. Maybe we'll get another power cut.

We had a fair bit of rain here, but no flooding that I know of. We don't get the rain that other parts get, which is usually our problem. Also, with no hills around to speak of our difficulty is rising water table rather than flooding.
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Granny

I'm almost scared to say this, but the rain has stopped, the sky is turning blue(ish) and the sun is trying to coming out. The temperature has suddenly shot up too. We're forecast more rain though so I'm not going up to the allotment just yet.