Xmas Floods pICS

[Matthew Arnold]

sometimes lucky we live 600mtrs above and our rivers are chalk so asorb the water. but the stour does when it rain flood all in its path. how that bridge in blandford is still standing the many times i have seen the river in spate shows how good engineers they were when it was built.

sadley more on way tonight with gales again. just hope the sea is on the ebb when its raining hard so river can go out to sea.

 

I've never seen the stour flow with such ferocity. It was ripping lumps of tarmac off footpaths in Sturminster Newton and washing monster trees down river.

[Matthew Arnold]

More pics

[Matthew Arnold]

The stour has just broken its banks again from Hammoon North. It is rising faster than last week so will be packing as much of a punch as last week and could possibly rise higher than last week too.

[Matthew Arnold]

Todays pics. Got one bridge to refirm. Gonna try a new anchoring technique as it keeps moving in the floods.

[mart]

I guess you guys have got lots of work on then Matt, will you be re-doing the gravel path between the black and blue bridge

[Matthew Arnold]

I guess you guys have got lots of work on then Matt, will you be re-doing the gravel path between the black and blue bridge

 

Load mate n yup. Once the weather dries out sufficiently we are going to re do the sections which were damaged. I have suggested about using a concrete/path gravel mix so it is even more flood resistant.