Floods..

..but the drains are all working, now..!!

Been very wet this morning, hail, sleet, snow, but mostly rain. Looked out the front door, and could see the drain on A's croft was filling up. Another look 10 minutes later and it was full up and overflowing towards his shed, and the low point in our croft..

Decided, during a bright spell, to go and have a look. Overalls on. Coat on. Wellies on. And off down the track.. The drain I dug the other day is flowing with quite a torrent. Down the side of the track, and then under, and through a ditch on the veg plot. From there it seeps out over the grass and through the blackcurrants. (will have to dig a trench and pipe this to the edge of the croft sometime, and dig a ditch down the E side..)

Got to the ditch at the bottom, that was flowing well, and through into A's, and then down his central ditch. This was overflowing towards the shed, and by now I have a lake on my low patch. The water was then starting to run over the beach road, instead of through the pipe. The other side was blocked by seaweed and stones. A few prods with a spade, and the pressure blew it all clear, and for a minute or so, this pipe was a raging torrent releasing the backup on the other side.

Walked back up the croft, just as it started raining again, and it hasn't stopped yet..

Dog walked, a bit of exercise, and now back to the web pages. Meeting tonight..