General Chat

Whilst the water may not be as deep it does rather depend where you are in Surrey - doesn't it?

A lot of those flooded out in Surrey had spent a lot of money raising the level of their homes and building flood defences themselves. They are finding it particularly upsetting after their hard work and cost has been so wasted.

Whilst I sympathise with Graham please don't take your anger and upset out on others, especially when you may not know the full story.

How rude you are Graham.

I am fully aware thank you, if you bothered to read any of my previous post you would know that.

If I had another house in say Essex or somewhere up North would that not bother you as much ?

Or is it just the Surrey thing, I can't help where I was born any more than you can.

My husband has worked his socks off to provide for me and our family, we didn't see him for weeks on end when the children were small and now he is retired we are doing what we want when we want, my work permitting.

I don't have to justify myself to you and as Detective says I certainly am not the only one on here who owns more than one property.

And as I said before I have friends and relatives on the Levels, know the area well, and am fully aware of what Hell they are going through. Our daughter in law is a Somerset farmers daughter and her parent's farm is partly under water with the level rising.

And please don't stick your tongue out at me, I wouldn't tolerate it from the very small children with Special Needs that I work with, I don't expect an adult who should know better to do so.

You have got me thinking now, and I am just about to go and throw my daughter and baby out on their ear so I can sell this house for a million pounds and go off down to Somerset and live on the profits.

By the way, I hate gnomes. M

There's a lot of people I know who have been flooded out of the one and only house that they have to live in. They don't have the luxury of being able to go off to Surrey and fret about flooding hunndreds of miles away. Just remember that there are a lot of people in far worse circumstances than you. :-P

Don't worry Maryanna - if the truth be told many other members on here possibly own a second property, in many cases inherited.

I'm guessing that as Graham lives in that area, he knows or feels greater empathy towards those who have been displaced by the Somerset flooding than other members might.

Look, before you start on your high horse, Graham it is NOT a holiday home.

I will not be slated because I live in two different houses. We share our old family home which we bought thirty years ago with hard earned money with our daughter and family.

The house in Somerset is an old family home left to me and my sister fifteen years ago and rather than see it go I bought my sister out. She bought a car with the money, I still have a house I always loved.

I still work three days a week in Surrey to help keep it going and go to Somerset, which we now consider our main home, for the rest of the week to give our daughter a bit of time on their own.

Up until recently our eldest son has shared the house in Somerset with us but they recently bought a house down the road of their own.

Would you like me to go and live on the levels rather than the coast then Graham ?

By the way most of our friends own holiday homes either in this country or abroad, They all worked hard to do so, some are still working well past retirement age.

And please don't think I am not sympathetic to ANY of those who have been flooded out, But I and probably you can only imagine what it is like and there for the Grace of God. Me moving house is not going to make any difference to them. By the way anyone who wishes to come and stay is welcome to but they would have to put up with us coming and going and it is a very small house.

You do not know me or my family, you are welcome to your opinion but until you have met me face to face then keep it to yourself.

M

Yes, it must be just as bad for those with holiday homes. Even worse, because you can imagine the damage being done to probably your second most precious possession and cannot even get to see the damage.

Had not thought about it much up until now, but many round here in S Wales Valleys spend a lot of time down West Wales. Many think more of their holiday homes than their main homes. Suspect some are worth more money.

Well I'm sure all the people that have been forced out of their homes by the floods will be glad to here that Maryannas holiday home (that is empty 5 days a week) is okay. :-P

Well after much rodding, hosepipe fiddling and a few choice words from the men, we now have only 3cm of water in the garden.

Now we need a couple of dry days to let some of it evaporate, our poor old dog is fed up with being soaked every time she stays awake long enough to get dragged outside :-(

Oh it's not a holiday Graham, we live there, we share our time between there and South west Surrey / Hampshire.

We live on the North Somerset / Devon Coast.,wild and windy up on Exmoor most of the time, we are well used to getting wet !

M.

If you're coming to Somerset remember to bring your wellies and a snorkel ;-)
I've just been chatting to a couple of my neighbours in the post office whose house are flooded. They said the water is about 3 feet deep. The stuff upstairs is getting affected by the damp. Not exactly the best time for a holiday in the country :-(

That's a relief Kitty, I know exactly how it feels to watch the water rising around the house and the feeling of relief as it slowly drains away. Some nice long drain unblocking things might do the trick.

We now only have an inch or two of water on the patio, it is still draining away down the side, a dry day yesterday helped. The rain started again around midday, not as heavy as we were expecting so far but the wind isn't half starting to get up again.

A nicer week is expected next week so will head for Somerset after the weekend for half term.

Hope everyone is still keeping dry... JUDE !!!! you haven't floated away yet have you ??? :-0

M. <3 <3 <3 to all as it's Valentine's Day. x

Oh Joy...............I think I just mended the flood!!!

I had a brainwave and paddled out with a wrench, got all stinky groping in the flood and unscrewed the end of the drain that runs under our house, the water is now slowly pouring down into the front drain :-D

Of course there is a downside as that appears to be full to overflowing now too :-|

I have phoned my husband and he is bringing a plumber friend home to see if he can rescue us..........*sighs and Googles Ark building". <3

thanks john we will give you a wave as we pass


kitty I am thinking of you and your family and friends
fingers crossed you will be all ok <3 <3 <3

Have a lovely time in Pembs, Joy. Hope weather is ok. Been a bit dramatic down there recent days.

A lady will watch your coach go past J32 of M4 towards end of marathon. I will stand by J36 (Sarn Services). Don't forget to wave madly at us both :-D :-D ;-)

I am at home today, monitoring an impending flooded kitchen............the water that drains into our garden from the slightly higher concrete covered gardens of the houses at the back of us is a couple of centimetres from the bottom of the back door.

Our garden is so waterlogged it can't soak up any more rain...........but fingers crossed it stops hammering it down soon and the water can be scooped up in buckets and tipped out into the storm drain in the road...........4 neighbours, who own the concrete gardens are on standby to help as soon as they get home from work
:-D

Last November, the Met Office said in its three month prediction for December to February that there was a slight chance of it being the driest period for some years.

I enjoyed a couple of hours of sunshine yesterday morning as I strolled along the calm beach path. This morning, I wouldn’t expect a duck to venture outside.

Quack! Quack!

Maryanna - wonderful news that your patio is draining - it must be a great relief for you + the fact that you have 2 undamaged cars!!

Jem - still keeping you in our thoughts in the coming days.

I am thinking of all those affected by the awful weather

fingers crossed
the weather lets up as we are travelling to Pembroke tomorrow
I am not looking forward to the 13 hours on a bus :-D :-D

Hope all those effected by the floods are ok.
Our water level keeps going up and down, its ok at the moment.. :-D

jude

good news re your car - all fine here in Cardiff - we're pretty lucky when all's said and done