We had an oak tree come down in the property. Great! Saves me cutting it down! Firewood!!!! More wind please!!
There's far too many trees about, in the old days we maintained woodland and hedges, now the things are bolting. They are a danger.
What's the Weather Like!
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eileithyia
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Well Mick not so sure about too many trees, the devastation in Warwickshire by the Elm disease means the trees and the county's reputation as "Leafy Warks" is beyond reapair.
But yes it is wet wet wet here and to add to it have decided to go swimming this afternoon instead of cycling in it!!!!!!!!
But yes it is wet wet wet here and to add to it have decided to go swimming this afternoon instead of cycling in it!!!!!!!!
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reohn2
[quote="eileithyia"]Well Mick not so sure about too many trees, the devastation in Warwickshire by the Elm disease means the trees and the county's reputation as "Leafy Warks" is beyond reapair.
But yes it is wet wet wet here and to add to it have decided to go swimming this afternoon instead of cycling in it!!!!!!!![/quote]
Why not go cycling then you can swim at the same time?
But yes it is wet wet wet here and to add to it have decided to go swimming this afternoon instead of cycling in it!!!!!!!![/quote]
Why not go cycling then you can swim at the same time?
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thirdcrank
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Asdace
reohn2 wrote:eileithyia wrote:Well Mick not so sure about too many trees, the devastation in Warwickshire by the Elm disease means the trees and the county's reputation as "Leafy Warks" is beyond reapair.
But yes it is wet wet wet here and to add to it have decided to go swimming this afternoon instead of cycling in it!!!!!!!![/quote]
Why not go cycling then you can swim at the same time? :?
Underwater cycling - nothing new about that this year.
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thirdcrank
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Just to get on one of my hobby-horses again - a rainy spell like this really does highlight the utterly neglected state of the road drains in somewhere like Leeds. As a cyclist, I notice how many of these are choked - 'not running' is apperently the official designation. As a cyclist (and pedestrian) I also often notice this when I am drenched by a vehicle going through one of the resulting areas of standing water.
I was once an assiduous reporter of these, which is how I became familiar with the term 'not running' but the authorities seem relaxed about the continuing deterioration of the highway infrastructure.
As a child in a Leeds primary school nearly sixt years ago I learnt how the Romans understood the importance of draining water from their roads (and used the camber.) This knowledge seems to have been completely lost by modern highwaymen.
I was once an assiduous reporter of these, which is how I became familiar with the term 'not running' but the authorities seem relaxed about the continuing deterioration of the highway infrastructure.
As a child in a Leeds primary school nearly sixt years ago I learnt how the Romans understood the importance of draining water from their roads (and used the camber.) This knowledge seems to have been completely lost by modern highwaymen.
They just keep putting more and more tarmac on the top of the old stuff. Profiles become lost.
As a kid, we lived in a house by the side of the road in Wrightington, Lancs. We visited the place a year or so ago and met the present owners and went inside! Weird feeling, going into house that you've not been in since 1965.
Anyway, they complained of damp in the living room on the wall next to the road. What I found by looking outside, was that the road was nearly a foot higher than it was when we lived there!
As a kid, we lived in a house by the side of the road in Wrightington, Lancs. We visited the place a year or so ago and met the present owners and went inside! Weird feeling, going into house that you've not been in since 1965.
Anyway, they complained of damp in the living room on the wall next to the road. What I found by looking outside, was that the road was nearly a foot higher than it was when we lived there!
Mick F. Cornwall
thirdcrank wrote: a rainy spell like this really does highlight the utterly neglected state of the road drains in somewhere like Leeds.
Sorry but I have to disagree with you, its more a case that there is now more channelled water passing along them that is the route of the problem. With more houses means that nateral soak aways, ie fields, have now vanished. The water just has to go some way doesnt it??
Think about it, most of the drainage systems date back to the Victorian days and to be honest I think that on the whole they cope really well.
I'll give you an example and what has really opened my eyes to the problems of excess surface water. I have just had built a 12 x 8 workshop by the side of my house with a pent roof. In the beginning I had no intention of adding any guttering to it, but SWMBO really wanted to be seen as being "green" and recycle the water for the garden.
We looked at various sized water butts and in the end opted for what we thought was one more than large enough to do the job, in this case 225 litres.
A number of weeks on and I simply cannot believe how much water comes from the workshop roof!
In fact its beginning to become a real pain now as I have to keep draining it coz it keeps over flowing! The pain is that the storm drain for the house guttering is on the other side of the house, so its a case of filling up two water cans and making several trips backwards and forwards to the storm drain. 
Over the last few weeks, I would say that I have had to drain it at least three times a week, water that used to drain away into soil.
We live on a new estate that used to be just fields, now it has around 300 houses on it. Can you imagine how much more water the drainage system now has to cope with?
Now times that by all the other new housing estates in this and other areas, so its hardly surprising that we have flash flooding is it?
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thirdcrank
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If a large number of gulley grates are blocked through neglect, as is the case in the once proud city of Leeds, half a bucket of water causes a puddle. I am not talking about drains backing up because of sheer volume, which is obviously a considerable modern problem.
This can be observed by a simple inspection of the grates from the roadside. If they have grass growing out, as some do, they have been neglected.
This can be observed by a simple inspection of the grates from the roadside. If they have grass growing out, as some do, they have been neglected.
Cyclists came out blinking into the light this morning after two solid days of non-stop rain. Trickling streams were raging torrents and water was shooting horizontally from drystone walled banks.
Had a quick look at an MTB course and discovered the road to it had been washed away. Much of the track was a waterfall, large boulders were scattered along the flat bits. Should be interesting.
Had a quick look at an MTB course and discovered the road to it had been washed away. Much of the track was a waterfall, large boulders were scattered along the flat bits. Should be interesting.