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Beth - glad things settling by you, it's been a rough old time in Wales for sure

Glad you're OK Beth! The rain has stopped here for now. Hope it's stopped up with you.

Sounds like a lot of places had it really bad. Haven't seen the news today so don't know how bad it got. By the time we went to bed the worst seemed to be over.

The rental we found and put a deposit on is right next to the river... might take a drive down and see if it still there. Having second thoughts about taking it now.

Thanks M - sorry you're having it bad too!! What's going on with the weather???

For once we don't have homework.

Oh no, I hadn't heard that.

Hope he has a great day Diz - I'm sure he won't notice after a few pints if it is raining...

When's your hen do???

Gloucester got it bad again too... they really didn't need it again.

i have just read an email from my mum and she reckons the family will be going out in canoes if it doesnt stop raining
i know there have been loads of landslides in the area and it doesnt look as though its gonna stop. this time last year it was lovely - we were at the VW festival in malvern sunning ourselves and sumping some nice cold magners, mmmmm magners, i could do with one of those now
oh sorry i drifted then
bec

Hi Fly Away!

We'd been promised rain for a couple of weeks! It came on Wednesday night, and boy do we need it to rain here!

Rain non-stop all day Thursday. Driving skills here really bad, and they make no allowance for rain on top of oily roads, or the fact that the rain is coming down so quickly that the wipers can't wipe fast enough to give you any forward vision. There was a really bad accident on the Bruce Highway, people killed, and highway closed for hours.

On the way to school to pickup DS yesterday, a car had come off the road 150mtrs from my house. Really weird camber on this particular roundabout, and most people I know take it easy, 'cos people are always sliding off and crashing into the street lamp or road sign. The people who were getting out of the car seemed okay, so I drove on to school. By the time I was heading home, (15mins later), I had a fire engine nearly in my boot.

Nice to see that all the cars pulled off to the side to allow it through. When we caught up with the fire engine, there was an ambulance there too, and it looked as though a second car had run into the side of the first car in the 15 minutes I'd been at school!

There is nothing that could prepare us Brits for the quality of driving in QLD. When I see people being 'polite', i.e., letting people out etc., I always think, "they must be British".

Anyhow, hope the rain has stopped for you peeps!

Stay safe,

Mxxx

Glad your ok Beth , sand bagging is the way .. trust me they are too heavy to nick many .

we have had no rain since yesterday PM , i think it may miss us on east coast .

live on a hill anyway , not on reclaimed land near the fen monsters

we went to Manchester a couple of weeks ago (it rained all day!!) so we are having hen do part 2 tonight in my local pub while the guys are in Manchester (chinese take away and cocktails - we know how to have a good time!!!) The lads have just got back from paintballing - wet, bruised and had a fab time. Diz x

After yesterdays downpour it's been sunny here all day today until about an hour ago.

Now the heavens have opened again
Luckily this area doesn't flood - it all runs to the sea.
I really feel for people who live in flood prone areas - it must be awful to have flood water destroy your home or to live in fear of it happening.