No water for ages then way, way too much! The rain started at midnight on Thursday with a quick thunderstorm and didn't stop until about 7.00pm. Just over six inches of rain fell, according to the big tub of water sat in the garden that was empty on Thursday evening. I abandoned my car at work at friday for fear of getting it stuck on the racecourse hill and walked home. W got stuck in Nottingham, and spent the night in Derby before only managing to make it past the River Avon by mid-afternoon the next day.
So, huge amounts of rain, no way to get to the river as roads are blocked, and the drinking water will be shut off in a couple of hours as the treatment plant in Tewkesbury is flooded. And you really feel for the people who have had water pour through their homes. The water is still rising in Gloucester and Tewkesbury. THis really is big weather...
