236 OCU Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Do you think that if the Water Companies rescinded their hose pipe bans the rain would stop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Managing Director Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 anything would be worth a try wouldn't it, our garden is a swamp, all 4 waterbutts are full and now overflowing onto what is left of the lawn Mind you Bristol water have already said there is not going to be a hosepipe this year as a week ago the local reservoirs were 97% full, must be overflowing by now I'd have thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
236 OCU Posted May 21, 2006 Author Share Posted May 21, 2006 I think most of it is in my garden - the girls are wandering round looking decidedly damp - they don't seem to want to take cover Having said that, just after posting this thread the sun came out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 it's gonna rain until just after I've finished my last afternoon of Christian Aid collecting... expect the sun to come out over London at about 4pm.. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Will the sun work it's way up noth then? (sorry 'bout this but Revnev always makes me smile as I used to work with a Rev Sev short for Seville) and a really funny guy ) karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Hmmm raining and swamp here too. Susannah decided to have a "dust" bath in the mud, it was very amusing, and she has such a smug expression Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clare* Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 The sun has just come out here But anything not weighted down with a brick is flying round the garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
236 OCU Posted May 21, 2006 Author Share Posted May 21, 2006 What, including your chickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken on a mission Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Unfortunately it is going to take a lot more than a few days of rain to make up for years of below average rainfall and raise the water table Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 My water company was the first to be allowed to impose extreme drought orders and from 27th May it will be illegal to use water at all! (OK, so I'm exaggerating! ) Here in the heart of the drought area, my girls have learnt to swim. There is a huge puddle in their run and the poor things are finding it hard to stand up straight because of the slippery, water-swamped mud everywhere! Did anyone see the cartoon on the front of the Telegraph today? There's a man standing in 6 inches of water in his house on the phone to his water company, asking if he was allowed to use a hose-pipe to pump water out of his house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
