BC Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Any major floods in your area The River Don has burst its banks at Kemnay in Aberdeenshire beside Boatley's Farm which runs a B&B and lodges. Guest's might need a boat to reach their rooms tonight. That's Bennachie still with snow in the background of the farm. The swans seem happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 nice pictures bill. i think that everyone around the country has got a tale or two to say about flooding as no-one has escaped this awful weather this year. around here in this part of Essex fields are waterlogged and crops are struggling a bit. all the pipes under most of the gateways have now managed to jam themselves up [ mainly with flail hedge cutting debris] and water is flooding over the tops and into the road. the mini digger will be out as soon as the water levels drop to do some cleaning out. as for the deep elevator pits in two of the grain stores, the little electric submersible pumps are almost running constantly.weather wise, i for one will be glad to see the back of this year Bill, lets hope next year will be a bit more favourable. it cant be any wetter, surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 That's the worst I seen in the Kemany area in the past 16 to 17 years Chris....yes lets hope for a prosperous and drier 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted December 22, 2012 Author Share Posted December 22, 2012 This afternoon I stopped off at Peter Morrison's farm at Milton of Drum where I have taken many photos of Peter at work over the past few years. It is probably the highest I have seen the Leuchar burn at and if Peter had had winter barley or OSR in it would have taken a bit of a washing away. He is probably one of the luckier ones....no major damage and no flooding of farm or farmhouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 There s water standing on fields here at Goole that in my life i ve never seen water on them & lots of land which never got drilled at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS. Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Been cruising about in the jcb rubber duckie sorting out flooded country roads, got rather soaked first thing, stepped out the rubber duckie into 1 and a half feet of water, almost knee height, didn't take long to clear, farmers field might be a bit wet now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Been cruising about in the jcb rubber duckie sorting out flooded country roads, got rather soaked first thing, stepped out the rubber duckie into 1 and a half feet of water, almost knee height, didn't take long to clear, farmers field might be a bit wet now Been doing the opposite, where they try and dump their water in my fields! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 I nearly wet myself when I read this....I had visions of John on his digger scooping gallons of water with the front bucket from his fields back onto the roads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS. Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Woken upto find 4 missed calls from the old man saying the reservoir up from the farm had burst its banks and all the water was heading down the road towards the yard, plan on digging trenches at angles to allow the water to run off the road into the fields, maybe put down sandbags around the grain store, don't see why he couldn't do the work, all the diggers are up at the farm in storage, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 Yesterday when I drove past the river it had abated from the fields and could see the post so I thought good that's it away. Anyway lots of more overnight rain and back up again. I think the snow has melted from Bennachie but I cannot see "Mither Tap" for the mist. Getting a bit too close for comfort for this house me thinks. Still a bit to go so these ones should be alright I hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestoys Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 The sea decided to come over the sea defence of Knott End On Sea nr Blackpool. The Village Of Knott End On Sea getting a little wet. The view from outside the house.A close call as the water came within a foot of coming in the front door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 Good update Shaun but not good ( and I feel) for the residents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestoys Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Yeah Bill its been a bad day here but i think the sand bags have managed to save the day for about 95% of us.Its tonights high tide we have to watch out for again.Will have to get my fishing chest waders out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 luckily we've missed it down here, it was a bit breezy this morning with thin streaky grey cloud but quite sunny but the wind came up a fair bit this afternoon quite strong and has now abated and we've had a little rain in the last couple of hours. No flood alerts at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 nice pictures bill. i think that everyone around the country has got a tale or two to say about flooding as no-one has escaped this awful weather this year. around here in this part of Essex fields are waterlogged and crops are struggling a bit. all the pipes under most of the gateways have now managed to jam themselves up [ mainly with flail hedge cutting debris] and water is flooding over the tops and into the road. the mini digger will be out as soon as the water levels drop to do some cleaning out. as for the deep elevator pits in two of the grain stores, the little electric submersible pumps are almost running constantly.weather wise, i for one will be glad to see the back of this year Bill, lets hope next year will be a bit more favourable. it cant be any wetter, surely. It was much drier than the previous two years taken together surely Chris? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Well all the leaves will be down now and I can start raking up the blighters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 A large number of trees here lower down and in the valleys and South facing slopes still have their leaves on, it's a real picture of yellows, orangy browns and rusty browns, I've never known the trees to still have leaves on them near the end of the first week in December but we've not had any hard frosts, gales or real cold weather to bring them down. I'm quite high being 1000ft above sea level, here under the large trees on the narrow roads hedges you can't see the road surface for leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestoys Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Only a couple of hours before high tide so getting ready in case the sea comes over again.Its blowing a gale here so it might just get flooded.Have got my canoe ready and chest waders ready.All my models are up stairs and safe thats the main thing.On a serious note its not nice to get flooded so i hope everyone is ok.I have half of ton of sand in bags at the front and back and also wood screwed on the doors.Got the van and car out of the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Only a couple of hours before high tide so getting ready in case the sea comes over again.Its blowing a gale here so it might just get flooded.Have got my canoe ready and chest waders ready.All my models are up stairs and safe thats the main thing.On a serious note its not nice to get flooded so i hope everyone is ok.I have half of ton of sand in bags at the front and back and also wood screwed on the doors.Got the van and car out of the way. How did you get on last night,Shaun,high tide etc, Regards Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestoys Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Hi Joe,All ok last night but i did stay up for a while just in case.Cleaning up today.One of the main reasons we got flooded was that the council could not find the storm boards which you put across the gaps in the sea wall to prevent the sea coming through only for the fireman when they turned up to say they were put behind the fire station and we thought you knew they were there.Always after the event!!!!!!!.The sea was that bad though it was still coming over the wall and i have never seen it that high before.When you live next to the sea i suppose at some point you are going to get flooded but when it was like that it was something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Good to hear your all Ok,Aye scary stuff water,immense power,yet it can run harmlessly through your fingers, Regards Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Some flooding not far from me here at Goole, me sister inlaws lives next too river bank in the small village of Blacktoff which has taken the water , she says a lot of water on the land lucky miss the house some how Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestoys Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Back to this topic again but when you have a lot of models about you you have to watch your investment.High tide today and with the wind it was touch and go with sea going to come over again but with the new sea defence wall built it held the sea back.Not bothered about the missus and dog as the can both swim but my models cant. Bit of damage with the wind but its that time of year again and cant stop mother nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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