Scoobychick

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This was my garden in the summer:



This was it today:



It's been a pretty scary day I can tell you My kitchen is flooded again but would've been a lot worse had we not had a sump with a pump in it in the floor.

Ah well, back to mopping up...

Snazy

Hol crap hun!
Hope your ok, and get sorted soon

I take it thats usually a tranquil stream to the side of the garden? Looks lovely, im sure it will be back like that in no time.

34srm

ouch infact treble ouch , i would be gutted, hope your ok and had chance to move a few things upstairs, saw the first pic and thought lovely view the scrolled down and oh dear, main thing is everyone is ok , hope you get sorted soon

DCI Gene Hunt

Cooool

WRX300MAN

Have you ever considered fly fishing or snorkeling?

Snazy

Without wanting to sound like im taking the ****, but surely surfing would be more appropriate.
I hope some local users are gonna help you out hun Community spirit and all that.

Scoobychick

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I knew I could rely on your sympathy

I rang the council this morning to ask for some sandbags, I told them that the water was just starting to come over my doorstep and into the kitchen. He said he'd put me down as urgent. I'm still waiting for them to arrive

Snazy

Daft question but no way of getting something yourself?
£35 a ton for sand from builders yards, and some cloth bags or plastic ones.

Something better then nothing especially if there is more to come.

PeteBrant

Maybe you;ll see this as a sign to come and live down south - Not only no floods, but also free wood!

BBC NEWS | England | Shipwreck timber littering coast

Snazy

To help build the ark of course.
It was a sign from the big man upstairs! Im suprised no one started building yet.

WRX300MAN

I mean . .I see you point . .But I propose we go Olympic and suggest white water rafting . .

Scoobychick

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Why not kill two birds with one stone, DCI can come over here for his challenge and do some white water rafting in my flood

Brendan Hughes

Eh? I thought you managed a narrowboat company? You're supposed to come on here and say "Great day today, local business is booming!"


I grew up with a stream 200ft away and that almost flooded our house on occasion; I wouldn't have touched yours with a... oh damn, tactless again

stilover

I don't see why people are making fun of Scoobychicks crisis. I mean, how can you joke when someones house is getting flooded?

How would you feel?

Shame one you all.

Scoobychick

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It's alright stilover, they know I have a good sense of humour and they're making me laugh which is the first time that's happened today but thanks for caring

I saved the important stuff from the kitchen this morning - my JD and the PC

SirFozzalot

That's terrible. Gutted for you

PeteBrant

She knows she has our sympathies, sti, it's just friendly banter.

Snazy

Annnnnnnnnnnd breathe

Im sure, I mean I hope she knows we are kiddin. If I was nearer and able I would be there in a shot.

As for the suggestion on the DCI, I reckon your spot on hun. Sounds like a challenge to me

Brendan Hughes

Sal, now I see the size of it, I'm not sure there is much that you personally can do (apart from convert the kitchen into an unimportant storage room). The flooding at our old house was eventually sorted by council work, like dredging/redesigning the river in other places so it didn't flood (so much/so badly). But that was in suburban London and would block a high street, if you're in the sticks and it only inconveniences a few then I suppose don't hold your breath for it

Luminous

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As long as its just the garden and the kitchen then things are bearable. Its if it gets any higher that there will be a real problem. At moment, assuming people can still get to your house, its just a damn good excuse for takeout

I hope it gets fixed soon, first pic looks like an amazing place to have parties. You just need to build some flood defences if at all possible

Scoobychick

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It's OK Fozzy, our sump pump dealt with most of the water in the kitchen, it's a godsend, if we hadn't have had it it would've been so much worse.

As it is now there's still some water coming up through the floor where the water table has risen but it's not too bad. At one point this morning there was water coming into the kitchen through the wall behind the radiator at the side of the house where it was flooded outside

WRX300MAN

Listen . . Stilover can pretend to be the good guy, but I am only wondering if Scoobychick will be sporting a bikini on her new beach, when DCI gets to participate in the white water rafting event!?

OllyK

I can only guess how'd I'd feel, that's why I bought a house at the top of a hill. If we flood, the people at the bottom are 50' underwater!

David Lock

Not much fun, hope the water levels drop soon. Any chance that the EA will deepen that stream bed I wonder?

BTW there are a couple of questions for you in DIY. d

Scoobychick

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It's funny you should say that, as this isn't the first time during the last week that we've flooded (although previously not as bad as today), we've been using the old takeaway excuse quite a lot

Luminous

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MMMMmmmmmmmmmm, the thought of good takeout. I hope you have lots of choice near you.

Hopefully the worst has past, otherwise it will be takeout while playing with remote controlled boats in your kitchen

Nicci

You poor thing.

I hope it doesn't take too long for the water level to drop.

Good luck in getting it cleaned up, have you got help at the ready?
As it's winter, you have time to get the garden pretty again.

dpb

I take it you rescued your chairs in time .!?


Ive been harvesting some of that wood despite the threat from the coastguard of £1500 fine off the filth ( as if ) - our beach isnt cordoned off yet

Scoobychick

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Cheers y'all, I'm feeling a whole lotta love in this thread, thanks, it's appreciated

The water level is dropping now and has been for a few hours albeit slowly so we're past the worst.

Lumi, Bob actually has a remote control lifeboat in the kitchen. Fat lot of use that is, last time he tried it in a flood it got washed away down stream and we had to effect an emergency rescue of it at the bridge further down

Jamie

Unlucky sally

can i pop round with my surfboard you are only 40 minutes away