The Weather Over Christmas

[poliphilo]

We saw a lot of flooding as we drove to my sister's yesterday. The Hop Farm- which hosts gigs and festivals and rallies, seemed to be completely underwater. In Aylesford the Medway had broken its banks.

On today's lunchtime news a woman from our neighbouring village of Brenchley was saying she'd been without power since Monday.

Right now- Boxing Day afternoon- the sun is shining brightly. More rain and high winds are forecast for this evening.

Comments

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

Please use your powers to ensure reasonable service out of Somerset on the morrow. ^_^ (Much as I love the Nog Inn's choices of farmhouse ciders, and their menu, while simple, is damned well excuted - the cider ham is superb! - I'd still like to be able to return to the warren with less drama than on Christmas Eve, which saw my route swing around several times.

I do rather wish I'd been able to photograph some of the exceptional scenes along the way out of Bath - the Avon had well and truly exceeded itself on many points, to quite dramatic effect. (Indeed, I'd love to see a photographer train sometime, deliberately stopping at various points along the route - the lines afford many quite unique views, but never in any relaxed form, only functionally hurried along)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

An excursion train for photographers- what an excellent idea!

Things are very quiet here at the moment. I'm beginning to wonder if the forecasters have got it wrong.