THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

DigForVictory

+1 to loving that idea - it's seen its share of births and deaths and bridal nights, and can now carry on the job whilst being appreciated.

There's a thread live about owning an old house and that has much the same perspective - you quickly learn to figure the important from the cosmetic. Ours is an old house, and bits of it are definitely creaky, but it is a happy house. It's had its flooring tickled by younglings curling their baby brother across a length of parquet, and its walls decorated with everything from Tolkien maps to rock & pop posters to samplers I can't date (as one of the young ladies was too modest to leave her age, and so it was cut out!). But so far it's weather proof, the cupboards are filled with useful things (& foodstuffs) and it's home!

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This is normally a placid, gently running river, with about an 8' drop over the weir.

mardatha

Hawick is the same tonight, river ready to burst its banks and power out all over the place Weather really getting more extreme Bob eh.

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Very strong gale blowing here, but no power cuts. 🤞

DigForVictory

May your wellies be long, your socks thick (& dry) & the wait reasonably short.

moneyistooshorttomention

You know you live at a more central point in an area where flooding is far from unknown - when the new sofa you bought recently converts into a bed just in case.

Mainly in case of visitors from Home, but also in case any local friends get stuck here with flooding or just having missed the last bus (as it's pretty darn early here) etc.

Was wondering whether I might land up with two friends for breakfast this morning - but they managed to get back home yesterday evening....

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One of the great things about where I live, is how high it is, and how all streets run down hill from it, meaning it can't flood due to the weather.

DigForVictory

It's the lugging stuff up said hill that does for me.

Mind, snow tyres meant I could do a pharmacy run and a resupply for three houses when the weather took a two hour break. Solo, of course - I'd not have anyone else on my conscience!

thriftwizard

Our turn now! But so far it's no worse than very soggy. Not a day for outdoor pursuits so I shall go & tidy my sewing room & release some more fabric out into the wild...

pineapple

We have a beck running through our Cumbrian village which, when at it's lowest, I can walk through. However, when we had the last big floods, it swamped most of the village green including some cottages. The Environment Agency subsequently funded some dredging and reinforcement work. The closest properties had flood gates fitted. Plus recently they finally got round to repairing the bridge. The problem is that often, a local solution just pushes the problem elsewhere. They need to put in some catchment areas further up in the hills where the problem starts.
Anyhow last night the water was maybe 7/8 feet up and lapping the top of the bank but it has started to recede this morning.
I was more worried about the wind tbh. I have a huge tree in the garden. It's not protected and I keep thinking about having it cut down. A year or so ago I had it pruned but there is a limit to how far they can cut back without making it weak/unsafe or even killing it. Meanwhile there was stuff flying round all over the place so I just hunkered down - going out was strictly limited to canine essentials. Had already stocked up and prepped in case of power cuts and flooding (roads round here are prone). I'm amazed our power (and my chimney pot) held up.