[Closed] I name this island - West Cumbria

Blair looks like he could have some time on his hands. Fingers crossed eh?

Where are you Mike?

Just spoken to me grandad - in Little Broughton
In 80 years he's never seen it so bad.

keswick looks grim on bbc.

j.

Yip it`s grim allright (im i town BTW)

I'm 2 mins out of Cockermouth towards Whinlatter and importantly up hill, will wait till the morning and see how it compares with the last floods, never been cut off from Keswick before, my missus is was coming home and shes staying in Penrith now, one of my mates is off round Keswick pubs and cury house as he cant get back. Why cant I be stuck in the pub..........

We were in Gisburn forest today, a bit damp but looks like we got off lightly compared to you guys in Cumbria. Mind you Singletrack HQ was cut off from the rest of Yorkshire yesterday and my normal route to Gisburn was under water.

Singletrack HQ was cut off from the rest of Yorkshire yesterday

D'you think they noticed?

How is it down your end Stoney - we've probably got some refugees from Crosthwaite Road coming to stay this evening. Poor buggers 🙁

****! Anyone in kendal? Has the river burst it's banks yet? Mrs j was down there this am. I'm in sunny londonium 🙁

Its certainly interesting up here! I also appear to have an amphibious car, thank god as I set out on call from work up Lorton valley. Had to turn round after seeing 2 cars stuck ahead of me
Cockermouth main street would appear to be the 'new' river Derwent!
And Jennings brewery has also flooded....

The putting green...........NO...........

Hi there PT....How are you feelin.

We are OK here, the river has to come a long way before getting here and the park is a lot lower than us and yourselvs... We should be OK.

Gotta feel for those on Crosthwaite rd, second time in 4 years ❗ 😥

Edit....I forgot to mention that earlier on i had a look @ the lake and on the way back i noticed some fellas in Hope park "Pitch n Put", i kid you not they were chest deep 😯

one plus side is a transit is much better in floods than many small cars!!

I think it is probably possible to get round most of the lakes in a kyak with out getting out at the minute

Kendal is staying afloat at the moment. Burneside and the North end has seen some flooding but the Southern end of town is OK at the moment. The Kent has dropped slightly near me since this afternoon but with 6" more rain forecast for tonight I may have to think about moving the bikes out of the shed as it's almost on my lawn.

What is the state of Crosthwaite Road then, have houses been got, anyone actually seen it round there? Defo hope not.

Braithwaite village was a river this afternoon,as was the a66! 😯

I'm visiting the Lakes this weekend!

What's is like in Ambleside at the moment? Coming on the train with my bike, so probably biking from Windermere to Ambleside to meet my mates at a cottage we're renting.

Do-able or silly?

He he - Ambleside was cut off from the outside world a while back, with more rain tonight it is going to depend on how quick it all drains away I think....

oh bugger it raining harder again, i'm off to fit water wings to the van and the bike. Anybody got a snorkel for a transtit

New Met Office/Google Earth Rainfall Radar thingy

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/pws/invent/weathermap/

Rain should be stopped by Friday afternoon in the Lakes.

Keswick had around 60mm rain today between 09 am and 09 pm...that's less than half that Gloucester had in the floods there a couple of years ago.

Man up northerners 😉

Oh aye...and don't walk in floodwater...draincovers/manholes frequently get removed by force of water, if you fall down one you'll never get out.

Floodwater is also very polluted with raw sewage.

Keep an eye on any neighbours that may need some help too.

Good luck

Not too bad here on the coast/egremont area. Everyone (inc. me) got sent home early from Sellafield today too 🙂 Oh how I enjoyed riding past all the exodus traffic jams! 😆
Duddon valley impassible apparently too.

Nice Andy, we ran from Vertex before they all clogged the roads, no big floods your way? It was smashing into the walls in whitehaven today

Dobbo,

Yes, Crostwaite rd is underwater as is High Hill (main rd out to the west)

Our end of town is Ok @ the moment!!!!

Just back from recce around ours (Lorton). Went out about 9pm to check on folk in the village and passed a stranded car. Passed it again on the way back and noticed someone in it. The guy sat in there was soaked, shoeless and half pissed. He could barely talk for shivering, but he described that he'd submerged his car at 2pm by trying to drive up the closed road and sat in his car for a while, 'til all the electrics went. He got out and got washed off his feet, losing socks and shoelaces in the process?? A passing tractor dragged him out at 3pm and left him where I found him at 9.45pm. Presumably he'd been sat, in soaking wet shirt and trousers, for nearly 7 hours, with the rain pissing through a stuck down window, drinking Glen something. Said he was going to sleep in the car, but then realised he was more than chilly. He'd called a mate, but didn't know where he was, so couldn't give directions. Anyway, I explained to his mate (trying to reach him in a 4x4) where he was and brought him into ours for a warm brew and to get warmed up by the log burner.
Daftest thing was that he was sat 20yds from a house, but didn't want to trouble them!
They've all just left in the Landy to try to get back to Penrith.
Sense ain't as common as it once was clearly.

maybe I'll stay home this weekend then

Gwaelod - you aint got topography down there - everything off the lumpy bits falls into the valley in these parts 😉

I was paddeling in the floods earlier on, full aware of the sewage issue since I was trying to turn off the power to a sewage pumping station!

No idea what tomorrow is going to bring, not caught the news/weather tonight. I am guessing probably more water falling down as yet though!

RobS

Unofficially it looks as if Honister might have broken the UK record for wettest 24hrs, will be confirmed or otherwise tomorrow am.

Hillary Ben is on his way - we are all saved!!!!

Gaylord - My frinds live on Main st in Cockermouth and while 60mm of rain doesn't sound like much, they're now stranded on the second floor of their house with the first currently under 4 feet of water.

My friend is trapped with his disabled wife and a friend who [b][u]SWAM[/u][/b] in to help them!

I don't think they need to be told to "man up"

[url] http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/cockermouth_not_prepared_for_flood_disaster__claims_hotelier_1_638432?referrerPath=home [/url]

floodwater next to the river is now beyond head height.

Penrith today
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It's terrible up here, the weathers bad and the riding is shit.
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Polaris - is that near Tirril?

Not too far away, eamont bridge

And it's stopped!

yep looking dry now, my mate is trying the A66, made it through the dual carrigeway just trying the rest not (Do not follow him its a bit dicey)

polarisandy - Member
Penrith today

I'd better give my aunt in Aspatria a bell tonight. What tyres...?

your pics show EXACTLY why I'll never, ever buy a house near a river

Ditto. Houses by a river used to be a real premium, now they must be watching to prices plummet, that's all over the UK, even places with no history of flooding.

I remember Louis Theroux doing a Paul Daniels program when the Thames came up to his door, so every cloud has a silver lining I suppose 😆

This is what cockermouth looked like last night
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I used to live on the first floor just to the left of the picture, glad I moved

Dont tell me The Bush has been flooded 🙁

You'd have been ok on the first floor surely though?

How come we haven't seen simonfbarnes leading a herd of bikes through this yet?

anyone live near Flookburgh (Moor Lane way) know what its like at the moment??

Where we live but are away at mo