On Friday morning after rain all night (and on and off all last week) there were three places in the village that were flooded again, this is the village centre and has been like this on and off for months now. When it dried up a bit after the first two times a tanker came out and sucked out the drains. But after the next heavy rain it was back again. Small cars and vans aren’t going through as it’s a foot deep but luckily there is a way around via a housing estate and – thankfully there’s another way to walk to the doctors too for the everyone this side of the village. The people in the homes on the right, who can’t walk easily anywhere out of their driveways are very fed up with it and have been told that nothing can be done until the summer!
According to the weather lady we had the usual amount of rain for the whole month of January in Suffolk in the first 4 days of the month. The news said more than 1,000 homes in England were flooded so we are relatively lucky here.
Next we have a cold weather warning – it is winter after all! It’s been wet and mild for weeks so we are overdue a cold spell.
UK Health Security Agency issues a cold weather alert as temperatures expected to plummet in coming days
A cold weather alert has been issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) with temperatures set to plummet over the coming days. The warning comes into force at 9am on Saturday and expires at noon on 12 January.
The Met Office added that the cold snap would be caused by high pressure building over the UK into the next week, with drivers urged to be cautious of ice.
The job list that I wrote on last Tuesday’s post has had some crossed off but more added so in my second week of hibernation I hope to get most of these done………….
Make a batch of pastry cases
Clear the huge piles of leaves at the front of the bungalow
Make focaccia bread
Wash a heap of plastic freezer bags
Sweep the shingle back onto the driveway
Sort the grandchildren’s toys
Sort and send books to Ziffit
Make Peanut biscuits
Have a good weekend
I’ll be back Monday
Sue
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