"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote ...

Thunderstorms all last night with torrential rain here in Leics.
Perked the veggie plot up no end - no amount of watering is as good as a
downpour.

Downside was a text from Blight Alert for my postcode..great service, btw,
if you grow potatoes.

I was woken up in the night by a thunder storm some way away and rain,
then when I got up and went to check and we had got 0.9 mm. Later another
belt of rain and it went up to 2.3 mm. So not much use for the plants.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.

Must have had have had a whole lot more than you did then. I have to go
under a bridge to get to my plot it was impassible until this a.m until it
all drained away.
I have a lovely pic somewhere on my computer with a car stuck under the
bridge up to he got out via his sunroof as he thought he could beat the
water. In the same pic, the fire brigade are there pumping out the water
and asking themselves: why if you see deep water under a bridge do you even
try it?
I am very used to my bridge and I know how much water is safe to plough
through.
I wish I had a 4x4 and charge them 20 quid to pull them out.

The bridge is very deceiving, the road dips down under it and I know very
well whether to chance it or take a detour when it's flooded.

I might put up the pic on my flickr page so you can see not to chance the
bridge with water underneath