Very wet indeed
27·Jun·07
If you live in the UK you’ll know only too well just how wet things got over Monday and Tuesday this week.
I was actually away from home in Hull, visiting relatives down in Essex, London when the torrential rain started on Monday. I was giving my Uncle a lift back up to Blackburn, Lancs. when we landed in the middle of what seemed like a monsoon on the A1. The traffic was going nowhere, which was just as well as nobody could see a thing.
After many hours later than planned, and a few hairy driving moment, we landed at my Uncle’s house. I’d got a bit of momentum up and so decided to head back across the M62 back to Hull. No chance – every road I could think of was completely blocked, including the main road into Hull. So, a night staying over was called for, stranded.
The next morning the roads were still closed, in fact even more so, but I gave it a shot and happened to catch a break, managing to get through. I couldn’t believe the scenes when I arrived home! Roads like rivers; people out in dinghys and canoes; crazyness!!
Here are a couple of photos taken around the streets near our house. More on Flickr too!
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