Boscastle

Hi,

Two friends are about 5 miles up the road and it seems that one freelander suffered the fate of floating out into the sea. My friends have commented that the rain was unbelievable - it was like hurricane rain they had seen in Florida.

What is the weather coming too??

Twas Tue, 17 Aug 2004 19:02:29 +0000 (UTC) when "Richard Brookman" put finger to keyboard producing:

I'm about an hour away, due to the volume of water coming down I had one room flooded to about

Regards. Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

Was it green?

The front page of the Glasgow Herald has a SWB series motor upside down in deep mud - not much more than chassis and wheels visible. I'm sure I saw a white Disco floating through the village in one of the TV reports last night.

And as you say, fingers crossed still no casualties.

Chas.

Sorry, but it's gone -

Perhaps not so bad:

Today Graham King, owner of the Museum of Witchcraft, was able to venture into the building to witness first hand the damage left behind by the flash floods. The structural damage is severe. The lower floor is unrecognisable; 5 feet of mud fills the corridors and booth area. Display cases are upturned and contents missing.

On a more positive note the upper floor and contents appears to be mainly undamaged, as does the library and museum archives. The Museum will take time to recover but rest assured it will be back, restored to its previous splendour.

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In message , the ickys writes

Apparently the Museum of Witchcraft survived whereas the Christian Card Shop didn't.

There was a picture in todays Mail, showing a Range Rover Classic upsidedown on it's roof, having been washed away.

Alex

"Richard Brookman" wrote .after "the ickys" >

Listen to the owners comments today on...

Mark wrote after Richard Brookman

That makes me worry about Trevigue the farm house, hostel and wonderful restaurant (that uses local produce) that is out on it's own N. of Boscastle. It's one of my favourite places.

In message , Alex writes

Now this is getting serious!!

On or around Wed, 18 Aug 2004 18:13:25 GMT, Alex enlightened us thusly:

turn it over, it should still be driveable.

they stand an amazing amount of abuse...

If you look at the BBC news site images

'Emergency services staff began checking all vehicles for any possible casualties'

Sod that, check it for spares!!!!