Lancs Lad
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So much so here's pics to prove it
Last outing of winter holidays.
Last outing of winter holidays.
CPS
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Yea same here, hope it stays for a whileAbsolutely stunning day
Zero wind and clear blue
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Pennine Hillbilly
So much so here's pics to prove it
Last outing of winter holidays.
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Where is it though!
Lancs Lad
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Ahar ..
Lakes. From pike o blisco
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Pennine Hillbilly
So you live and work in one of the most wet and windy places in the UK, then you go holidaying in another which is about 10 minutes away?
There is a bit of er, jovial animosity 'tween the Yorks and the Lancs lot, (over some war we had hundreds of years ago) but i've concluded we're pretty much the same really.
There is a bit of er, jovial animosity 'tween the Yorks and the Lancs lot, (over some war we had hundreds of years ago) but i've concluded we're pretty much the same really.
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Left hooker
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Can't complain about cold winds they pull the wet off the ground quicker
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Lancs Lad
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Wasn't a holiday...just nipped up for a walk
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It does, we aren't having any here though, everything is soaked and not drying out, just freezing instead.
This is one of the reasons we have such a big damp house problem in the UK.
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Quattromike
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Black ice on the roads are making lorries lay down for a rest
Bri963
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So round here, the Environment Agency have cur right back on dredging because of the damage to the aquatic environment. Now for the last three days the water dropped on the higher ground of the East Midlands is passing through every available water course in the Fens on its way to the sea, several rivers have topped their containment with albeit minor flooding, but if you could see the speed the water is carving through even minor man-made ditches and cuts, everything not anchored to the bottom is either being washed straight out to sea or getting minced up passing through the hundreds of pumping stations on the way through. They might just as well have dredged everything.
TiltyShaun
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There is a lot of discussion going on in Gloucester at the moment regarding dredging. Now personally I can’t see that it makes much of a difference but I would say this. When we have the extent of flooding that we currently have. The water is very silty. It is not fast moving here so I guess some of that silt ends up in the bottom of the river, therefore raising it!!
Bri963
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When the bottom silts it raises the bed so the watercourse is much wider and slower, so silting accelerates. When they dredge the water runs in the narrowest part and runs faster, which is a big issue where we have hundreds Of miles of watercourses with essentially no fall and relying on pumping to drain them.
TiltyShaun
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So how much difference would it make to the extent of flooding we are seeing around Gloucester and Tewkesbury. My guess is not a lot.
When we have this extent I guess not a lot!!
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6feetdown
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On the m50 2 weeks ago where the flood area is, can't remember seeing it that high
Bri963
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Don’t know your area or how it’s looked after. I’m speaking about the area I know.
Bucket on wheels
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Back in those days 
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
been trying hard to snow here all evening ... very light covering on very dry ground ... hope it doesn't have a proper go overnight
Lancs Lad
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I can sense your happinessbeen trying hard to snow here all evening ... very light covering on very dry ground ... hope it doesn't have a proper go overnight
sfrs4
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So living in the Trent valley in north Nottinghamshire, I have for the past few weeks been swimming everywhere, it is currently the fastest form of transport round here .
In my 48 years on this planet I've personally not seen as wide spread flooding in the area and levels topped the 2000 record yesterday, my thoughts on dredging, especially here as it is still tidal past where I live, its essential and should be done all year, BUT just like the road network " it's to expensive to maintain properly" so they just bodge fix here and there and it's not working.
.In my 48 years on this planet I've personally not seen as wide spread flooding in the area and levels topped the 2000 record yesterday, my thoughts on dredging, especially here as it is still tidal past where I live, its essential and should be done all year, BUT just like the road network " it's to expensive to maintain properly" so they just bodge fix here and there and it's not working.
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-5 as I type and in for some more lovely weather this week
Nevermind, back to high winds and heavy rain by Saturday
Nevermind, back to high winds and heavy rain by Saturday
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