I’d planned to go to an Antique Fair just for a look around on Sunday but when I looked out of the window at 8am and the water was running down the hill completely across the road I changed my mind. It had obviously been raining all night and sure to be flooded again here and in many places on the back roads between me and Woodbridge.
And sure enough when it stopped raining and I wandered down the road to look it was like this. AGAIN! Cars were going through very slowly and this is the shallowest part, it gets deeper further along where the water is running down off the main road as well as out of the river.
There was an hour or so dry and then at 2pm it started raining again. This is getting silly!
Hope I can get over to the coast to visit YD and EGD later in the week as it’s half-term here so a chance to see them but it’s a cross country journey and many spots that often flood.
Later in the day Son rang up to say they had gone out, through a deep unexpected flood that they couldn’t see as they turned off the main road onto a small side road and their car had promptly stopped and will possibly be written off! Oh my goodness. And thank goodness for BiL and his 4WD truck who rescued them after a frantic phone call from son to his uncle when the RAC said they don’t rescue people from floods!
There were several photos on the local facebook group pages of many villages and roads that were flooded in the area. Some are spots that have always flooded (often called Wash Lane!) but many are places that flood where new houses have been built making lots of extra run-off. Years ago all farmers would have had their men clearing the ditches each autumn, now most farmers don’t have farm workers.
