Stormy near Keswick…..

One of the main bridges into Carlisle centre, always amazes me it’s not damaged when there’s flooding. Water pressure must be off the scale.

Related: both bridges in Lancaster are currently closed due to water damage, there’s no vehicle access from Lancaster city to Morecambe and J34 to the M6 is closed too.

One of the other major routes into town is also closed, they’re saying the bridge has been damaged. Think it spent all of last night under water too.

Just seen a list of all bridges damaged/destroyed in Cumbria and it’s pretty grim!

one of the local councilors just said on tv a bridge was taken out by a floating mobile home coming at speed down the river.

Watching the news earlier, my heart goes out to all those affected, the amount of water falling is a record, apparently, just unbelievable.
Saw a couple of people being interviewed, one chap very angry, demanding questions be asked about the inadequate flood defences, while a lady was more fatalistic, pointing out that without them, there would be even worse flooding, and where do you stop building the walls ever higher?
14″ of rain in 24 hours! 😯

The scale of the damage is mind blowing. Pooley Bridge may have to be renamed just Pooley. It would be nice to think that Westminster might actually put their hands in their pockets and do something to help the many families and businesses that have been well and truly done over this time round. Given that they managed to find nearly £15 Billion for crossrail in London and appear to have no shortage of ordnance to drop in the Middle East, surely helping everyone in Cumbria isn’t too much to ask, is it? Or does the north get treated differently from the Deep South? 🙄

55,000 without electric, and another 60,000 almost without power if the water gets into another sub station, one large resevoir polluted and a water treatment works now flooded and not working. Hundreds of people without homes to stay in, its going to be a long hard push to get back to normal.

Here’s one from our ride earlier today,this is AFTER the waters peaked & were dropping,yet look how high the water level is on the bridge…

Sanny +1

Actually, making me want to head down for a ride, unusually I’ve not been down since spring.

Best of luck folks.

Bustaspoke – is that the road after Loughrigg Terrace?

Or does the north get treated differently from the Deep South?

My guess would be if they have Tory MPs, they’ll get a bail out, if it’s Labour they’ll just be left to rot.

The recovery from this is going to be tough.
Once the roads are clear, if you get the chance to visit the Lakes to support local businesses, please do!

My thought are with everybody not in their homes tonight.

A few years ago during the previous floods (2009?) the army built a temporary bridge over the river at Cockermouth. Can see them being called in again for more of the same.

Mate living in Borrowdale has been out on his padle boards – beautiful weather today….

The temporary bridge was at Workington. Tesco also built a temporary supermarket (!). Hopefully the Derwent Bridges will all be ok this time.
Local MP (Sue Hayman, lab) has been in Cockermouth today with Floods Minister (also MP for Penrith) according to her facebook page.

MartinHutch,Yes, it was impassable by cars earlier today as were a lot of other routes when we headed for home..

Don’t forget Carlisle – it’ll be first in line I’d say.

Given we got a months worth of rain in 24hrs I think the defences have done a great job.

The foods would of hit harder and faster if it wasn’t for the defences. Apparently a newsagents on Cockermouth Main Street is ordering news papers for tomorrow, which has got to be a good sign.

Nobeerinthefridge

I was meant to be driving down yesterday for the week! 😯 Hope the guys at Biketreks and KMB are ok.

I was on UK fatbikes facebook page earlier. Thirlmere is impassable due to big landslides.

I just saw the Environment Minister on the telly who was conspicously avoiding answering the question of what action will be taken and when. Obviously no votes in it for him! 👿

I am gutted for everyone down there. As doom mountain says, the local shops and businesses really need our support now. So much of the area is dependent on tourism that it will be a really tough Christmas and New Year for an awful lot of folk especially if they can’t open.

Sanny

Sanny, go check out KMB’s FB page, they’ve had a load of help and grafted like **** today and will be open tomorrow!!!

Pooley Bridge may have to be renamed just Pooley.

Or Poorly Bridge.

It’s pretty nuts though, to see damage like that. It must bend the minds of the locals who take these things for granted, stuff that’s always been there. Fundamental infrastructure. Gone overnight.

Sanny the video below shows the damage to the Keswick to Grasmere (Dunmail Raise) road:
From 50 secs
KMB had about 2ft of water and have been clearing out today.

My guess would be if they have Tory MPs, they’ll get a bail out, if it’s Labour they’ll just be left to rot

I suppose that’s why London exports £32bn in tax revenue every year the the rest of the country. 2 boroughs in central London alone contribute 10% of the stamp duty paid nationally with that money being spent elsewhere. In crude terms (and a generalisation) the Conservative constituencies pay the bills in the Labour ones.

Awful day for cumbria I am in Carlisle just off warwick road missed being flooded by about 60 metres so lucky have no power but nothing compared to the devestation around the city
Feel for all you that have lost there homes today stay strong

Rudds – has the water subsided yet from Warwick Rd and Hardwick Circus? Looked terrible yesterday so not looking forward to going into the city for work tomorrow as awful to see the damage caused last time.

Daughter is in Carlisle, just out of flood area (North)but isolated from city centre and work at opposite end(South) No power till 10am and been informed it is likely to go off tonight again. As a teacher she “needs” to get to work in the morning, her partners work was flooded and will be working from home if access to servers can be gained…

Jambalaya – and you think those boroughs could do it alone without the rest of the country? It may sound basic, but the country/nation/state works as one. Those individuals/areas that get rich can’t then decide that it’s time to stand clear of the rest. Heard of the Welfare State, National Health Service?
Those boroughs pay via the same tax systems as the rest of us. I bet they have better NHS facilities/access, better transport etc. So, as individuals they pay the same and arguably get better.

Trekster – most schools closed tomorrow. If not, the new bypass will get her to Dalston end of town from the north.

Kind of puts erosion to paths from mountain biking into perspective doesn’t it! 😛 :sorry:

As soon as roads are open I will try and get up there biking as much as possible and support the local economy. Going to be a lot of businesses hit really hard by this, some probably won’t recover. 🙁

Hardwick circus still under water, just walked down and had a look. For those that know it I didn’t get past the most extreme edge of Wickes. I’m unsure about Warwick Road, it’s still all closed off from around Richard Rose area, generators are running by the sounds of it and there’s flood lights up. I didn’t want to walk down further in case I pissed anyone off.

4 Play Cycles just missed it and I hope KMB get sorted out quickly. We flooded in 2009 and it really is shit, we were closed for a long time.

Greystone road still flooded upto jesmond st (irvings coach depot), was upto Norman st this morning.
Trying to get to my parents house in Brunton crescent, they’re being stubborn and not shifting from upstairs.
Not heard from them since 10.30 yesterday morning so getting a bit worried now.
Penrith MRT organiser didn’t want to send his guys back to check they were OK despite them finding out my mothers on so much medication that she’d give lance a good run for his money. They all packed up and went to the Lint.
Apparently my dad took the dog for a walk on the flat roofed garage! 🙄

Monkeyfudger – cheers. Knew people last time who took 12mths to get back in. Nightmare for them.

Sounds very stressful flatfish. Let us know how your parents are when you hear from them. I have a mate with a canoe if you need….

Good news about 4 Play mrV. Hoping the main St isn’t devastated this time.

Main street is under water dude. It’s receding very slowly, water came up to us. The shop was surrounded by water for a while, looked like we had a moat.

boxelder – Member
Mate living in Borrowdale has been out on his padle boards – beautiful weather today….

Fantastic video, presume they’re his kids? What a great Dad!

Thoughts going out to all you guys and your families.

Well all of my crowd seem to be ok. A couple of people flooded out on Petteril Street, some hastily dug drainage ditches around Mungrisedale and some very nervous people in Armathwaite but that’s it.

jambalaya – Member
This amount of flooding/rainfall is not that unusual

Can this be post of the year?

Cumbria Council have just tweeted this:
Victoria bridge now OPEN in #Kendal. Romney Bridge also OPEN. Netherr, Miller & Stramondgate remain CLOSED. #cumbriafloods

Although someone else in Kendal I follow on Twitter was saying “don’t bother coming to Kendal, it’s difficult to get in and even more difficult to get around”.

I saw the pictures from Keswick MTB on Facebook, looks like Amos and crew did an amazing job.

Been keeping an eye on the floods. We are moving up to Cumbria in April next year. Most of the houses we are looking at are around Wigton and Cockermouth (for the schools). We are up in January to look at some properties.. 😕
Got lots of friends in the areas effected, it truly is crap.

Umm.. has anyone heard from Junkyard since he said:

My bike has just had to be rescued from the cellar due to the flood a few feet and rising.

Hope you are okay fella.

Edit: he’s alive! Just showed up on the Liverpool thread.