I never really intended to post another weather blog but it's been a bit of a day here. This morning .......
'I'm going out,' I said
'What time will you be back?'
'Should be home by about half twelveish at the latest.'
I had already prepared today's mid-day dinner yesterday so it was going to be Roast Beef Poppity Ping (thanks John) soon as I got back through the door.
Pulbuchan Brook which runs along side the road 500 metres down from our house was starting to fill up a bit but not full to the top so I thought it would be OK. Put my black wellies (or wollies as my grand daughter used to call them) in the boot of the Foccy and away. Didn't it rain! Did you have all that rain? I guess you did if you lived anywhere in Britain.
Half past twelve I turned the Mill Bank corner to find the brook had become a river and the road was somewhere underneath. I pulled into the lay by, retrieved black wollies and plodded the hundred metres or so towards the flooded. I waded about ten metres in, thinking that I could walk home the rest of the way up the bank. The current was quite a force and the tops of black wollies were rapidly getting submerged. Time to about turn and take refuge back in the car. I rang Other Half to let him know where I was to stop him worrying. I rang three times - no answer. Then I began to worry what might have happened to him? Three hours later he rang me back. He brought a metal hoe with him and managed to get across the top end of the road, into the adjoining field and along the top side of the hedge. I locked the car and he helped me climb through the thorn hedge into the field. We scrambled along the hedge on higher ground to the narrowest part of the flooding. The current still looked scary. I held on to him and was so glad to get to the house side, up the bank and own back door. We got home at four pm
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| St Christopher |
How's your day been?
wet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteFrom the other side of the Atlantic, after a completely wet, cold and miserable month, the sun is shining today. Furthermore, all the warm air will commence arriving tomorrow. Been on its way a few days. Now, we all know weather moves from west to east, so I am mentally wishing it over there ASAP.
ReplyDeleteNice and dry and sunny over here..we uncovered the patio table and brought up a couple of chairs to tide us over til the real warm stuff starts. Hope your flood recedes soon.
ReplyDeleteMy day was quiet compared to yours. That is frightening. Water is a force we under estimate. Glad you are safe at home.
ReplyDeleteWow Molly, I'm glad you got through okay. Look at that water!
ReplyDeleteOh dear Molly, we have been having an entirely safe and quiet day unlike yours. You could have easily been injured and am I am glad you were not.
ReplyDeleteOh my Molly, glad you are safe and sound!
ReplyDeleteKat
Oh, how frightening that must have been for you. I am so glad your husband could get to you and rescue you from what sounds like a harrowing experience.
ReplyDeleteI do hope your dinner was good and you had a nice glass of spirits to help calm your nerves.
Molly, that does look and sound scary. So glad C. was able to get to you and help you get back home. Take care!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd don't even think of using your hosepipe! I literally gasped when I saw that picture of the flooded road; dreadful!
ReplyDeleteWow, that is very scary, so glad that you got home ok.
ReplyDeleteThat must have been really scary Molly, that was some rainfall. We had really hot and sunny weather all day...I was on a hammock in the garden with a good book!! We have beenr eally lucky with the weather and have had so much sunshine while other parts of the country have had torrential rain...
ReplyDeleteDry and sunny here too, but we do have rain predicted. I think if we had as much rain as you did, I wouldn't be going out.
ReplyDeleteI remember once, years ago, my ex-husband saying he was going out and when I asked when he would be home the cheeky bugger said half-past Friday.
Roast Beef Poppity Ping sounds intriguing, can you tell us more about what it actually is?
Gosh, Molly what a frightening experience! I'm so glad you're OK. I've been in similar situations in our bit of Mid-Wales, but not recently.
ReplyDeleteI hate to say that while you were enduring this, northern Scotland has been bathed in unbroken sunshine all weekend and is still sunny today.
Blimey!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you're ok Molly, very scary.
oh Molly I simply love reading about your adventures. I'm happy you're on dry and high ground and that you didn't wash away in that current. what a scare. What is Roast Beef Poppity Ping?
ReplyDeletehappy day to you Molly dear. stay warm, stay dry.
Thanks so much for all your comments. In answer to 'Poppity Ping', John (top comment) also lives in Wales not too many miles up the road from us. In one of his blogs he mentioned that some Welsh people call their microwaves 'poppety ping'. You put your food inside the microwave, turn the dial and when it goes 'poppety ping' you take it out and eat it. Just like that :0)
ReplyDeleteOh, my word Molly. What an awful experience. I am so glad you are safe and well. As you said, nothing matters more than people. Thank goodness for OH's!
ReplyDeletewhoa Molly! I bet that got your adrenaline flowing! Glad everyones safe!xxoo
ReplyDeleteCrikey Molly that's a lot of rain you had there. Some friends in another part of Suffolk were flooded yesterday - we missed the worst of it thank goodness, but its worrying. Glad you were OK.
ReplyDeleteHave a good (and hopefully dry) weekend!
Jeanne
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