Water, water everywhere

I have mentioned a few times lately of constant rain, mud and surrounding floods. Usually we like to walk at weekends and holiday times but this Christmas we didn’t walk at all as the rain was so constant. Yesterday was forecast to be the first dry sunny day in ages so we decided to get in our first walk of the year. We walked from Wooburn Green to Bourne End, which takes about an hour, to see how the river was looking. We ended up being out for three hours.

As we approached the road disappeared into the flood water

The riverside pub on the right hand side of the photo was cut off by the flood water

The riverside facing the opposite direction

People with wellies and waders were crossing the water

A car turns into the car park

The next road along from the river

This is a cul-de-sac, not part of the river

We have never seen the riverside here like this before. The cul-de-sac above was the next road along from the river but it looked like part of the river. We felt very sorry for the houses here as it must be very worrying. They had sand bags lining the houses and the water had not yet reached the doorsteps so hopefully they will be okay.

As it was the first nice day in ages there were lots of people out wearing wellington boots and carrying cameras.

We are so lucky that our house is high up and is approached by steps. Our garden path then climbs upwards towards the chicken run. My husband says if we ever got flooded it would be up to the chimney pots on the road outside our house.

It was amazing to look at the flood water but I do feel so sorry for people who have their homes flooded and appreciate how lucky we are even if I do complain about the mud.