Saltire in the Rain and Gales

[cessna152towser]

Weather has been wild and mild here. Wore the black heavyweight kilt to yesterday's court sitting at Duns, but needed a macintosh over it for stepping out between car and court office. Today weather was, if anything, even worse, with high winds and flooding on the roads and I decided to give the old pinstripe jacket and trousers a turn. That's me finished with the court now until 9th January, due to the Christmas holiday. On my way home I stopped only briefly to photograph the saltire fluttering wildly on the tower of Scottish Borders Council headquarters at Newtown St. Boswells - 1960's architecture and not the most photogenic of towers on which to fly a saltire! Three in the afternoon and already getting dark.

[Mike1]

You are really getting the weather over there. I just heard from a pal that stays outside Dunblane and he said the rivers Knaick and Allan have become one raging torrent.

I stayed in Bridge of Allan on one trip across and my accommodations were right at the Allan waters. A lazy little stream and not much more. Not today, from the way it sounds.

[Hamish]

It is just the same down here in the south of England! We seem to have been having gale-force winds for weeks now, and most days are wet, VERY wet indeed. The saving grace is that it is very mild. In fact, today's local radio announced that yesterday's high was the highest December temperature on record!

We desperately need the rain, but we have already been informed that the current two-year old hosepipe ban will remain in force throughout 2007!

[David Dalglish]

Carlisle is the same blowing a gale & water everywhere, we have just got over a severe flooding two years ago,I hope it does not happen again.
Nice Picture Alex

[dwg]

We desperately need the rain, but we have already been informed that the current two-year old hosepipe ban will remain in force throughout 2007!

What a hose pipe ban, ? we have lots of water in East Anglia


Derek

[cessna152towser]

Carlisle is the same blowing a gale & water everywhere, we have just got over a severe flooding two years ago,I hope it does not happen again.

Flying over Carlisle last Saturday (one of the few lulls between continuous storms) there was a lot of standing water in the fields upriver of Carlisle - and the Petteril appeared to have burst its banks where it flows into the Eden at the park - the water was nearly up to the rugby club; and there has been a lot more rain this week - the ground is very wet and can't absorb much more rain - I do hope the city doesn't flood again.