More Lake District floods
A lot of the roads that were impassable yesterday were open today and passable with care so I went to our Love the Lakes shop in Bowness via Coniston and Ambleside to see what impact the floods have had around those parts. The bad thing about today was that it rained pretty much for the whole day and when I was at Ambleside it absolutely bucketed it down, which is certainly not a good sign.

The River Crake across the fields at Lowick, normally it flows beyond the tree line but now it is sweeping across the fields in a great arc.

Drying out time at the Bluebird Cafe. The journey to Skelwith Bridge was clear and at Skelwith Bridge itself the water levels appeared normal but the destructive power of the water was evident along the roads with fences and walls simply swept away by the sheer volume.

A discussion with the Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team at Rothay Bridge. The road was blocked here, could we get through?

Stuck fast. We all made it through and I think the level must have been a lot higher when this car ended up here.

Borrans Park and just look at the rain now in this and the following photos, it is absolutely chucking it down.

Oh my goodness...flood debris at Waterhead. Follow the line along the pavement, that is a dead sheep still lying in the street.

Looking across the road (see the bollards in the centre of the photo?) to Windermere. A picture of last years flood at the same place and the depth is noticeably less...