The Severn is in the garden again!
I sat on that bench to drink coffee last Saturday!
Bewdley bridge built by Thomas Telford back in the day is closed to traffic for obvious reasons!
The flood defences are being defended!
And look at my garden!
The river is due to peak here in Bewdley late tomorrow night or early Sunday morning. And they are currently saying that the river will be higher than it was last February 😣
Time to dig out the wellies again.
Soggy wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
WOOLLY WEDNESDAY 
Oh my goodness!!!! That’s wild! Is this normal?
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It used to happen once every twenty years or so but in recent years it is becoming more of a common occurrence. This is thanks to Storm Christoph🌨🌨🌨
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I hope they are wrong Jane xx
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So do I but having seen what’s happening in Shrewsbury and Ironbridge I doubt it 😣
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Oh dear. Is your house safe?
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The house is quite high up so yes, thank you 😊
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oh no! it only seems like a few months ago that you had flooding in the back garden!
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I know I thought we would have a break from it for the next year or so! Just goes to show what thought did🤔
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Oh my goodness! How frightening!
On a side note that row of houses is adorable!
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The flood defences are generally very good but there might be a breach and yes there are some very pretty cottages here. Sadly mine is a modern monstrosity 😀
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Oh, no!!!! This is terrible! How is it the shops are not flooded?
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The shops are all closed due to lockdown but the flood barriers are quite high but they think there might be a breach but not on the town side 😥
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A breach in the barriers would be tragic. Adding insult to injury for the shop keepers.
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The little shops should be fine. The breach occurs my side of the river where a number of little cottages have only just dried out and been sorted from last February. That’s the tragedy 😒
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Does this happen every year?
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The river rises every year but to this extent it used to be every 20 years or so but it happened last February and now again. Global warming! 😥
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Fingers crossed for you xx
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Thank you Krysia. Another 24 hours and it should start to subside 🐸
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And is anyone talking about climate change?? Hope you continue high and dry.
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Well we definitely haven’t done the planet any favours as a species 😷
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Oh my goodness. I hope the water subsides soon and the wellies can go back inside! Does this happen every year?
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Not every year as a rule but it happened last February so something to get used to. We have flood barriers but the one section needs replacing. The wellies will be out for a long time because of all the mud left behind 😕
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Oh dear.
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Indeed 🐸
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That’s wild! (I notice that’s already been said, but my sentiments exactly!) I do have to say you got some amazing photos of the water though!
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Thank you. It’s pretty awful but does make for good pictures 😉
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UGH!! So sorry to see this. We had a very large flood here in 2008 (because we get a lot of snow and didn’t have a mid winter thaw which helps it not to flood in the spring) and it flooded 5 miles on each side of the river. There was a Dairy Queen (ice cream business) that was close to the river that was covered over the roof of the building. Floods are not fun! Hope it goes down soon!
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Water is so devastating when out of control. Hopefully it will start to subside soon 😋
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The sad payoff for living in such a lovely, interesting position. 😟
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Exactly, you can’t have everything and I do live where I live ☺
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