I wondered whether the stream was rising @punkdoc ... even our little pond is full to the brim and we’ve had nothing like the amount of rain that you’ve had ... so far ... but don’t worry ... @Hostafan1 has a rowing boat and waders ... we’ll send him to rescue you 🚣‍♀️Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Evening all, just drove back from Secondborns in really heavy rain and had to come through loads of local floods, a tricky journey through some narrow lanes. Even the dual carriageway had a lot of surface water.
We've got a load of kiln dried wood being delivered tomorrow and it's due to rain all day
It was actually dry here most of the day, then rained hard at 4 pm till now.
I was able to get out to start work on my next project of making an asparagus bed. First problem, unfortunately I disturbed a small toad under a paving slab - are they trying to hibernate already?
Also picked and ate our first two (and only two!) sweetcorn cobs. Not such a good year as last. Our pears are also ripening and are very juicy.
Hope everyone stays safe tomorrow as more heavy rain predicted I gather.
It was actually dry here most of the day, then rained hard at 4 pm till now.
Much the same here @Lizzie27 except about 1 1/2 Hours later for the heavy rain. We were in London again at the Queens gallery for the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition of about 200 of his drawings. Thought we had better go before it closes in Mid October, got home before the rain really set in. Hope everyone's tribulations are soon sorted. Good to see you back @Dordogne Damsel .
They spend a lot of time just sitting under rocks @Lizzie27 Hope you're ok @Yviestevie, and over your lurgy. We've managed to miss most of the rain in the last couple of days. We had plenty through August and September to last a while. The north east has had a lot of flooding though. We usually get our best weather in late August/September but it's been a bit wetter and warmer than the norm. It was good to get a few things done outdoors today. Already back in single figures though. Hope doc's garden is surviving. At our last house, the spring overflowed every time it rained, even if it wasn't particulalry heavy, and the road always looked like a river. The bottom bend was always flooded, as it had nowhere to go.Â
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I was just a bit surprised @Fairygirl, that slab is the one I step up on from the path, not a very safe habitat I would have thought. He/she/it did look rather dozy as well.
Hope you don't get the rain forecast for tomorrow. I'm wondering whether the Whalley Bridge reservoir is still okay, haven't heard anything on the news. Our sat-nav sent us up that narrow road past the reservoir, much to our amazement, on our way to Stockport a fortnight ago. It was extremely steep and made my blood run cold thinking about what could have happened.
Busy busy day here. Early start at Patch to sort out our store room then 3.5 hours of helping ladies with this and that and doing my own stuff too and then off to La Roche-s-Y for mosaic before heading home to cook dinner and flop.  Pleasantly warm all day but strating to feel cool after dark. Might have to fish out the trousers.
I find toads lurking in all sorts of odd places @Lizzie27.  There's one that sits in the wisteria croaking a strange tune to another hiding somewhere in the garage.  More under pots and stones, behind shelves in the shed...
Busy busy day here. Early start at Patch to sort out our store room then 3.5 hours of helping ladies with this and that and doing my own stuff too and then off to La Roche-s-Y for mosaic before heading home to cook dinner and flop.  Pleasantly warm all day but strating to feel cool after dark. Might have to fish out the trousers.
I find toads lurking in all sorts of odd places @Lizzie27.  There's one that sits in the wisteria croaking a strange tune to another hiding somewhere in the garage.  More under pots and stones, behind shelves in the shed...
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It was actually dry here most of the day, then rained hard at 4 pm till now.
I was able to get out to start work on my next project of making an asparagus bed. First problem, unfortunately I disturbed a small toad under a paving slab - are they trying to hibernate already?
Also picked and ate our first two (and only two!) sweetcorn cobs. Not such a good year as last. Our pears are also ripening and are very juicy.
Hope everyone stays safe tomorrow as more heavy rain predicted I gather.
Hope everyone's tribulations are soon sorted.
Good to see you back @Dordogne Damsel .
Hope you're ok @Yviestevie, and over your lurgy.
We've managed to miss most of the rain in the last couple of days. We had plenty through August and September to last a while. The north east has had a lot of flooding though.
We usually get our best weather in late August/September but it's been a bit wetter and warmer than the norm. It was good to get a few things done outdoors today. Already back in single figures though.
Hope doc's garden is surviving. At our last house, the spring overflowed every time it rained, even if it wasn't particulalry heavy, and the road always looked like a river. The bottom bend was always flooded, as it had nowhere to go.Â
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I was just a bit surprised @Fairygirl, that slab is the one I step up on from the path, not a very safe habitat I would have thought. He/she/it did look rather dozy as well.
Hope you don't get the rain forecast for tomorrow. I'm wondering whether the Whalley Bridge reservoir is still okay, haven't heard anything on the news. Our sat-nav sent us up that narrow road past the reservoir, much to our amazement, on our way to Stockport a fortnight ago. It was extremely steep and made my blood run cold thinking about what could have happened.
Busy busy day here. Early start at Patch to sort out our store room then 3.5 hours of helping ladies with this and that and doing my own stuff too and then off to La Roche-s-Y for mosaic before heading home to cook dinner and flop.  Pleasantly warm all day but strating to feel cool after dark. Might have to fish out the trousers.
I find toads lurking in all sorts of odd places @Lizzie27.  There's one that sits in the wisteria croaking a strange tune to another hiding somewhere in the garage.  More under pots and stones, behind shelves in the shed...
Hope you're not drowning @punkdoc.