I drove into Winchester yesterday and the water levels had dropped quite a lot and the river was flowing within its outer bounds and not in the streets.
The Army etc had dropped a load of Wickes ballast bags into the river to slow down the flow upstream which had the desired effect - though folks living up the river were concerned that it would flood them instead (which it didn't - only the flood plain).
On a major road leading out of the town they had created an Irish Ford using concrete barrier blocks, pipes and blacktop so had opened the road again.
The weather men say we've had the wettest winter ever with 500mm of rain - there's more forecasted but not as continuously heavy?
I fitted my car with winter tyres in the Autumn - I think we've only had a couple of frosts down here (the weather temps have been very mild - SWGales coming in from the Atlantic ) but I suppose the chunky treads have been good in the wet?
Rod
The Army etc had dropped a load of Wickes ballast bags into the river to slow down the flow upstream which had the desired effect - though folks living up the river were concerned that it would flood them instead (which it didn't - only the flood plain).
On a major road leading out of the town they had created an Irish Ford using concrete barrier blocks, pipes and blacktop so had opened the road again.
The weather men say we've had the wettest winter ever with 500mm of rain - there's more forecasted but not as continuously heavy?
I fitted my car with winter tyres in the Autumn - I think we've only had a couple of frosts down here (the weather temps have been very mild - SWGales coming in from the Atlantic ) but I suppose the chunky treads have been good in the wet?
Rod
