just been watching sky news about the dreaful floods in cumbia and the northwest ..hope all our doggy friends and thier pets  are safe .

R~

Yes they have lost their village bobby as well, its such a shame the waters got to 8 foot high devestation.

My thoughts are with them. I got caught in some flooding around Oxford a few years ago. Very very scary and i was able to drive away and come home. Cant imagine the upset of the poeple who's homes and businesses have been ruined.
Also RIP to the Policeman who died after the bridge burst its banks and carried him away

RIP!  Feel so much for his 4 children.

Hopefully my family in Carlisle are fine as it seems to be bearing up under the weather.  Luckily my family who used to live in Kendal are no longer with us. 

I remember about 5 years ago when I was driving in Stockport and the roads were literally lifting up in front of me, it was extremely scary.

We were taking our 2 flatcoats to Keswick today for a long weekend and planning to do my Christmas shopping there :-(

Feel so very sorry for everyone affected by the floods.

Hope Sam-Jo and her family and dogs are ok.

My elderly uncle and cousins live there we haven't heard anything so assume they are ok.

Workington is a little bigger than a Village ;-)
It is awful just the same though. Traffic has been at a stand still with the bridge that the poor policeman was washed away with and the foot bridge both down the only other bridge over the river that would take you in that direction is also in an unstable condition. Going out the other main road towards Carlisle and or Penrith takes you towards Cockermouth and Keswick so the west of the county has been rather cut off today and it is going to take some conciderable time to sort out as the railway bridge is also under threat from the river.
It was rather strange today watching this all being on the news knowing that those helicopters where flying overhead outside.
Thoughts and Prayers for Bill Barker and his family.

carlisle is fine... flood defences installed after the 2005 floods have been holding up pretty well

my heart goes out to pc bill barker who tragically lost his life bringing othere to satety & helping them to avoid tragedy, my thoughts & feelings are with his family & work colleagues at this time xxx...

to all those in west cumbria just to let you all know that you are all in my thoughts, total devistation & so sorry to see this all over the press
hope you are all safe & cannot bear to think about the mess left behind that needs cleaned up
    i remember seeing 1st hand the mess left in the carlisle floods of 2005 & that was sickening &  really touched my heart

                shirley xxx

My daughter and partner have been flooded downstairs in Ulverston and her car has about six inches of water standing in it, but it could have been so much worse they and their cats are all ok thank goodness.