As usual on a Wednesday we headed out for lunch, planning to go to Milestone Garden Centre. However Storm Jonas has dumped an awful lot of rain on us, and we had to turn back as the road was closed by flooding. We decided to go into Hawick instead, and after parking we walked over to look at the River Teviot. It was getting near the road on this side
and was just starting to go over on to the road on the other side - both roads were closed to traffic, as were several others through the town
the river was roaring under the bridge
and pounding against the wall
it was frightening watching the speed of the water going under this bridge
at the other end of town, the River Slitrig was flooding
the house in the middle has a "for sale" sign on it, but I doubt it will sell any time soon
this is where we sometimes see a heron sitting on rocks!
we have never seen so much water going through here
it was a relief to pop into the Damascus Drum for lunch, to get away from the constant roar of the water. This is my cheese and pastrami toastie. Malcolm had a cheese and pickle toastie, but as it looked like mine, I just took one photo
it's not often that you see a tractor in the town centre!
I got Malcolm to drop me off at the bottom of our road, so that I could take these photos. The water running off the field has formed streams
which run into this drain
which comes out here
and then runs into the stream
which flows under the road and on down the hill
as I walked on up the hill, the clouds parted and there was some blue sky!
BillytheFarmer's stable yard is flooded
Malcolm went out later with his big spade and dug a drainage channel in the verge, so that the water would run away off the road. He has to do this regularly, as the council no longer do it
but the moss on this section of wall likes the rain!
I forgot to include these photos yesterday. We had popped into Berwick Garden Centre for a cuppa yesterday on our way home, and I bought this bucket, which has some tasty nibbles in it .......
....... but the main reason for buying it was the price! This has to be the bargain of the year - a quarter of the original price. We will probably use the bucket to create a miniature herb garden to put on the deck, and of course we will enjoy the nibbles
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