Tea? (Part 2)

[Arch]

Apparently the valley road is still blocked at Mytholmroyd so from that direction it would be better to take the top road from Luddenden Foot up through Midgley to Pecket Well and come down the Keighley Road. I think the road is still just passable in Todmorden if coming from that direction. Check the travel news for latest updates.

My niece is on her way up so I have just warned her of the problems.

We made it ok. Well, we made it to the garage, via Milnrow and Todmorden. Todmorden was muddy, but passable. Alas, the garage's inspection pits are full of water, so no MOT's today. We've left the car there, and come back in the courtesy car, via Crag Vale and Hollingworth Lake, where we parked up and had fish and chips for lunch.

Back on the motorway, we came through a biblical downpour - I was down to 40mph and peering into a wall of spray in terror. Still had HGVs whizzing past...

Back at NT's and it's perfectly dry, not rained all day.

Having a calming now.

 

[Night Train]

We survived the journey into the inland waterway that is Hebden Bridge. The garage was flooded last night so they couldn't MOT the car. We have left it there, on a car lift in the hope it can be done on Monday.

Arch bravely battled our way back over the M62 through torrential rain after having stopped for fish and chips at Hollingworth Lake. It was nice being able to sit outside with a different view for a while.

 

[potsy]

Is there an echo in here?

 

[Arch]

No, just me, NT and a fat cat....

 

[Night Train]

Is there an echo in here?

We're not joined at the keyboard you know.

 

[Arch]

We survived the journey into the inland waterway that is Hebden Bridge. The garage was flooded last night so they couldn't MOT the car. We have left it there, on a car lift in the hope it can be done on Monday.

Arch bravely battled our way back over the M62 through torrential rain after having stopped for fish and chips at Hollingworth Lake. It was nice being able to sit outside with a different view for a while.

Thank god that rain didn't come over while we ate our fish and chips. It came on so suddenly, you'd have got drenched trying to make it to the car, and the teas would have been somewhat diluted!

 

[Arch]

We're not joined at the keyboard you know.

Although I am joined to your spare keyboard, with my laptop one not working...

 

[potsy]

I always imagine you two sat side by side on the sofa, passing a laptop back and forth

Full breakfast and Mmm.

 

[Arch]

We're dead posh, we've got a sofa each!

We do share one sometimes, but there's not room to type (sitting along it, with our feet up), so we save that for watching telly.

 

[Night Train]

We're dead posh, we've got a sofa each!

And a laptop each!

 

[ColinJ]

Yes, there is a lot of mud about here today! The Handmade Parade has had to be postponed which will have disappointed a lot of kids, but there wasn't much choice.

What struck me is that a few sandbags at the bottom of shop doorways probably don't really do a great job of holding back torrents of mud and water. I'm surprised that business owners (and householders) in the areas that flood don't invest in better protection for their premises.

I went and had a look at the new town hall building which was officially opened today, though it isn't actually quite finished yet. There is a big events room with glass doors looking out over the river. The scaffolding is still up beyond those glass doors and I looked out at the part that is in the water. Some of those scaffold poles now have 45° bends in them due to the force of the flood water acting upon them!

A tree is wedged in the water behind The Shoulder of Mutton, obviously having been swept away from somewhere upstream last night.

Huge stone slabs have been torn off the top of the wall down at the 'Wayy Steps' by the Old Bridge!

 

[potsy]

We're dead posh, we've got a sofa each!

We do share one sometimes, but there's not room to type (sitting along it, with our feet up), so we save that for watching telly.

And a laptop each!

I regularly see conversations between a friend of mine on Facebook between him and his partner, they are in the same room on laptops having an argument for the world to see

Stopped fettling to make a quick brew, back to it

 

[Speicher]

Does anyone want two maps of Droitwich, or Redditch, or a map of the area of London inside the M25? Or maps of France from 1991? No? I thought not. I have kept them in case I need Very Very Large Pieces of Paper for something. I have managed to tear up one map: New England, circa 1984. It is now going for compost.

I have just noticed Potsy's new sig line.

 

[Night Train]

What struck me is that a few sandbags at the bottom of shop doorways probably don't really do a great job of holding back torrents of mud and water. I'm surprised that business owners (and householders) in the areas that flood don't invest in better protection for their premises.

We noticed some doors with 2' high boards across them held in place with building foam. I don't know how effective that would have been against a few inches of water but I doubt it would have held against 2' of water.

I think there are two schools of thought about flooding. One is to keep water out at all costs and the other is to let the water through easily and have the house and contents more easily repairable afterwards with water proof floors and walls and raised services.

Tethered floating buildings are possible but not often done.

 

[potsy]

I have just noticed Potsy's new sig line.

You mean the one I put on about a fortnight ago?

That reminds me, not had a new avatar for a week or so