Wednesday, 12 February 2014

(Another) Flood update, Worcester, Wednesday, 12th February, 2014.

Just a short walk today (David is tired, he's been doing the housework and Vicky was out this morning in the driving rain and strong winds so needs some persuading to venture out again) to check out the flood waters (it's a hard life as 24hr news bloggers, we'll have you know).
Not a good start - the local park is shut.......................
......................for reasons that soon become obvious. We've never seen Barbourne Brook that wide before.
No way through Waterworks Walk (folk in wellies giving it a go soon turned back), the Brook has flooded it to a foot deep.
We've found a local expert! No, not Bryn the Irish Terrier who is bred to hunt otters but actually hates water (he's not daft), but his owner who has lived in Worcester for 32 years. His verdict? He has never seen it as bad as this.
We had intended to walk to Waterworks Road, given that Sky News have a got a TV crew there showing it to be about 3' deep in water. We walk along Waterworks Road (it's about a half mile from where we live) nearly every day on our walks into town via Pitchcroft but have only ever seen it flooded by a few inches, so things are definitely getting serious now.
 We shall have to try a different route tomorrow. It's a relentless pursuit of gripping images when you're 24 hour news bloggers (oh yes).
Later, back at HQ and (not) watching another gripping edition of 'Pointless', a certain Emlyn (for it is he) has only got his mind on one thing, and it's not the floods.
'Stop fussing me woman, it must be nearly time for my 7 o'clock supper, surely?'

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