We have now had four months of continual rain. I have never known rain like this in my lifetime and they are saying in the newspapers that the south of England is having the wettest year since records began. They are also forecasting more to come for weeks yet.
All the areas around are experiencing flooding and a lot of roads are closed. Other parts of the country have much worse floods with many homes flooded and I feel so sorry for them.
The woodland near us is under water and it is creeping over the road. I decided to take my camera with me today when we went out to do some chores and try to capture some of the scenes I drive past every day.
I was stood out in very heavy rain while I took these first photos.
Beyond the road
The woodland in Wooburn Green
The woods
Woodland and flooded road
Driving to Slough (I was the passenger of course)
All the surrounding roads are like this and many are closed
A cul-de-sac in Bourne End
There were ducks swimming in the cul-de-sac but my camera ran out battery before I captured them
The river levels are going up and down but the woodland areas are remaining under water because the ground is so saturated that the water has no where to go. It will be a long time before everything gets back to normal. We are lucky compared to other parts of the country and my heart goes out to those flooded out of their homes.
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Wow! It is unbelievable. Great pictures . Some of your begs I reckon . Ian says where he works in Bourne end there is a river behind it and it is untouched . Very odd ! I went to the allotments yesterday expecting every thing to be all over the place after the storms on Wednesday and nothing was touched at all.
It is odd because the river at Bourne End wasn’t as flooded as it was at Christmas and yet the woodland is much more flooded. Richard thinks it’s because we had one dry day yesterday and the river levels keep changing where as the woodland and fields are so saturated that the water has no where to go.
We talked to a man wading out of the cul-de-sac at Bourne End and he said that when you live near the river you accept these conditions and are prepared where as the people inland that have flooded have been taken by surprise. He was very stoic about it and it made me quite proud of our British stiff upper lip!
They reckon that a lot of it is ground water where the rain has been so constant that it is all underground and living underneath and has no where to go but up.
Also places blocked by sand bags etc diverts the water some where else . It is a tragedy .
I think you are right, that is what I have heard too. Richard thinks it will be summer before all the water goes. I wonder what is happening to all the wild life out there too.
Send it to California. We’ll take it. We are soooooo dry.
Course, the hens dislike the rain. Coco literally screams at me as though somehow I’m causing it and must make it stop immediately. I tell her that rain bring worms to the surface and bring snails into the garden, etc. All good things to eat but there’s no talking to her once she gets her beak running.
I wish I could send you some. I have been following your weather too and parts seem to have drought and parts lots of snow. I am glad we don’t have the snow.
Parts of my run are so wet that when I dig now there are no longer any worms as it’s too wet for them. Although it’s completely covered it’s still difficult to keep dry under these conditions and the girl’s don’t like it when the rain is hammering down.
I keep thinking that it has to stop sometime!