Saturday, February 15, 2014

Paint Table Saturday



My wife and son head down Chertsey Lane today


Another late start today as we had to go over to Staines to check on my parents in law's house by the Thames.


The army's here now


What a contrast a week and some TV coverage makes.  Last week we went over to lift all the furniture as it looked like the water was going to come in and on Monday, when they were evacuated by boat by the Royal Engineers, it was only about half an inch from pouring into their house from both sides.  


Truck loads of sandbags but we needed them last weekend


There was no-one helping last Saturday but today the army was there in force handing out sandbags.  Too late for most people along Chertsey Lane, however.  




Fortunately the water has dropped about a foot since last Monday, which must have been disappointing for Spanish TV, who had come to film in the area. 


All of the water in the foreground is actually garden.  The Thames is in the background.  Fallen tree on the right.


The water didn't quite get into my parents in law's house, fortunately, although in the big storm we had last night one of the trees in  the garden came down.  There is still a lot of water in the garden but it has now moved away from the house and they still have power, although the waste water isn't working yet.




Anyway. as a result of all this flood protection activity last weekend and again this morning I got very little painting done.  Tomorrow we have to go over and get all the furniture back in place.  So my paint table is pretty much what it was last week: a mixture of steampunk and pirates.  Hope to get an hour or two done this afternoon at least.




7 comments:

  1. Sorry to hear of your in laws problems with the floods buddy. I hope it continues to drop and doesn't cause any more damage.

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    1. Thanks. It depends how the run off from further up the Thames goes over the next few days...

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  2. Like Simon said sorry to hear about the in-laws woes!! When is this wretched weather going end???

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  3. Wow - quite a bit of flooding; coupled with cold hitting the US east, the weather is quite extreme for 2014.

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  4. Thanks for participating and showing your paint table today! I added your link to my blog post! I'm sorry to hear about the flooding problems. I hope the water level is going to continue to drop quickly.
    Greetings, Sofie

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  5. Oh bloody hell, that's not much fun, but glad to hear that disaster was averted - only just by the sound of it. Feeling a little battered here on the South Coast, but we've been lucky enough to avoid the flooding - it's just the pot holes that we have to avoid!

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  6. I hope the worst of it is over for you now, and the water continues to recede.

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