Tag: rain

Notes from the Sticks: Rain, rain, don’t go away

I LOVE rain. One of my greatest pleasures is to sit in our tiny conservatory while it batters down above my head, watching our stream rising (often very quickly). I even get a bit edgy when there are long dry spells. Lucky for me, then, that we live in the Ribble Valley of Lancashire where […]

Why our roads are always flooded – and it’s not too much rain

OVER recent years, there has been an increase of what weather and flood forecasters blithely describe as ‘localised flooding’.  In recent months the occurrence has reached epidemic proportions, such that in our part of mid-Suffolk residents become concerned at a forecast of three or four hours of rainfall. This can result in roads becoming impassable […]