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Oh Baph that sucks, sorry to hear that :( And here was me blaming the Welshies for letting all their water roll off the Malverns and right into our back yard :D Think your so clever with all yer mountains, mumble grumble :D

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It aint as bad as it sounds. The phone call I got was "I don't know what to do, there's water all over the lounge carpet!!" My response was basically that I couldn't really do much about it now, but get the vacuum out to get most of the water out of the carpet. If it stay's, it'll start to smell as it dries out.

When I got home, I was told that the vacuum hadn't been out (typical), and I saw the extent of the damage. There was a patch about 40sqcm (if that) just by the door. Yes it still needs sorting, but it's no-where as bad as I was led to believe.

I've been meaning to re-landscape the front garden (to make it easier to get the bike in/out) and maybe put a pond in there, so this is the perfect excuse really. I can also chop the side wall down & rip the two sheds down & put a proper one in place (for the bike to live in), all in the name of preventing water getting in the lounge by redirecting it.

All I can say, is that there is a god, and he must like my bike, as he's given me reason to build it a house :D

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Sounds like god has the same ideas about you with regard to landscape gardening too - (s)he's already given you a helping hand with the pond :D

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Nothing to hate man believe me. Its worse to fry than to drown. Unbearably hot, so much that it effects your brains and everybody is on the edge. Normal people are the ones who stay in the airconditioned places.

On the other hand 'll be tasting your side tomorrow. I'll be in London by 10am. Seems like Saturday is gonna flood the island by the looks of the MET forecast. http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/wales/rain.shtml

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Yuk, to be honest I'd rather have the wet than that heat :( Would be nice to have just a little bit of sun though [-o<

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baph.......... looks like you were lucky, could have been alot worse eh?

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Yup, still needs sorting properly before more heavy rain though. Don't really fancy the idea of water eating it's way through a supporting wall!!

It'll probably be sorted before the AR (cement if the weather holds and vast quantities of silicon sealer - not grease - if it doesn't). There's a tiny bit inside that needs fixing where the wall has cracked a little, but most of it looks to be outside still, thankfully. At least it's above ground & hasn't come through the foundations!!

If we can prove that it's come from the road down the path, then I reckon we could have the basis for a claim from the council for inadequate drainage too ;)

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It's really bizzare round here, I live in Evesham, and the river is up, but not as high as it has been in the past, but about 10 miles down the road a man has died in the floods in one of the villages, got stuck in his car.
I drove to Worcester yesterday and the water is still coming off the fields onto the roads, I guess we've been lucky here.
And my boat is tied up again, so all will be well with The Fat Lady.

Lou x

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I agree, the flooding in general is bizzare! If you look at Environment Agency (the folks who should know) flood risk maps, the area's around sheffied show a little bit of flooding, but nothing major. Certainly nothing anywhere near as bad as what has actually happened.

Then look at the maps for Doncaster. According to the maps, if too many chavs gob on the floor in Doncaster, it's time to completely evacuate, it's at very high risk of flood. What's happened there? Sod all.

I can only really put it down to flood defences. Since Doncaster is at high risk, I'd imagine the local authority have spent a fair wedge. Sheffield being minimal risk will of spent almost nothing at a guess. I was taught in school that if you stop a flood happening somewhere, it gets worse further down river. Obviously politicians never went to school...

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they say its going to cost over a billion quids worth of damage,