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| It Rained A Bit Yesterday ........ |
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| awemawson:
So we woke up to heavy rain ..... persistent heavy rain ..... bucketing it down ..... loads of it. Now we live at the bottom of a gently sloping valley, and at the bottom is the River Brede, so the valley is it's catchment area. The valley was already very wet from previous rain, so we knew that within a couple of hours all that water was coming our way. The Brede has a habit of bursting it's banks and taking a short cut through our fields, so time to shift the sheep from a field I'm borrowing that actually borders the river. In they trotted, nonchalantly ignoring the rain, to our field. Off to breakfast and as I glanced out of the kitchen window I could see white water overflowing the banks of the river and heading our way. Before we could do anything the scene in the pictures below developed - fortunately the sheep had found a high spot barely large enough to contain them. Nothing we could do to move them - if I'd gone down with the tractor they'd have panicked and possibly got into a worse situation. Last checked on them at 8 pm with a torch - could see pairs of eyes but couldn't count them as many pairs were reflections off the water !!!! This morning - water virtually all gone, and sheep milling around gate waiting to be fed blissfully unconcerned how close they'd got to being washed away and out to sea through Rye Harbour :ddb: |
| chipenter:
The water looks clean enugh to not leave a mess behind , the Stoure by me is like gravey and going fast enugh to make wispering noises . |
| steampunkpete:
--- Quote --- if I'd gone down with the tractor they'd have panicked --- End quote --- Never mind tractor, I hope you have a small boat of some sort handy! |
| awemawson:
No chance - a boat big enough to pull the flock into in ones and two wouldn't float in that depth. Flat bed trailer with sides and one driving and two pulling is about the only way. A wet sheep is amazingly heavy, and they struggle like b#####ry :lol: |
| steampunkpete:
This must be one of the best excuses in the world to own a BV206. |
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