I phoned my friend back, now that the rain is easing, and although the water is in their road, it's not into the house. Where we usually park when at hers for home group is under water!

There are two official flood warnings in place locally - for the north of Northallerton, where the beck goes under the road, and for areas of Brompton, the village immediately to the north, which is rather used to floods in parts: they even have an area called 'water end'.

There's one local severe flood warning, phrased in alarmingly general terms, for 'properties in Thirsk' (the next market town to the south: James Herriot's 'Darrowby'). Either the flood warning people didn't have a reliable map or the whole town is under threat. Let's hope it's the former! Thirsk is downstream from us so they must be getting the water that came through here earlier, plus some more from their hinterland.

Further south in Yorkshire has it much worse: a factory was evacuated, for instance.

Anyway I had better think about getting ready to go out because if there's another break in the rain I want to get to the shops.

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Posted by debdillon

Wow! Thanks for the update. I hope it continues to dry out over there. I've been hearing about the rains you're having and thinking of you.

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