Floods.
Had to walk my sisters dogs on the road because large parts of Abergavenny were under water.
Driving home, I find the mountain road from the Waitrose roundabout, blocked due to flooding.
I follow the diversion sign.
It leads to the 'heads of the valleys' road and tells me to go East.
The road has a 30 mph speed restriction.
It takes ages but eventually I reach the roundabout for the main road to Pontyhotpant.
The main road to Pontyhotpant is closed due to flooding.
I follow the diversion sign.
It leads me back down the 'heads of the valleys' road.
The road has a 30 mph speed restriction but I only do 20 mph, because an agricultural vehicle is in front.
I'm further directed back to the Waitrose roundabout.
As I approach the roundabout, a sign says,
'Diversion end's.
Nice one!
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23 Comments:
lovely umbrella and coat you're wearing tickers. but don't you realize you're standing in a big puddle of water?
wah. i live in the bottom a a lake. this is not a lie. i really do. lake sumas. the canadians diverted it to create more agricultural land and the result is that for half the year my town is tit deep in the worlds biggest mud puddle.
did you ever make it home or are you blogging from the homeless wet persons shelter?
Oh that's right FN. Blame it on the Canadians.
At least the signs weren't in Polish
Few- On the other hand we don't have nasty insects, sea creatures and unbearable heat. We do have quaint buildings and streets you can't get a car down and country roads lined with trees that only one car can pass on.
Pink Drama- That's not me, who do you think took the picture? That's the bridge over the river.
First Nations- I bet they didn't build the houses on stilts to compensate. Here in the UK, permission has been given to build on flood planes. I'm pretty sure they didn't adjust the building regulations to suit.
The nice policeman at the Waitrose roundabout said I could use the mountain road. I found it to be considerably less flooded than it was when I drove to Abergavenny in the morning.
MJ- Canadians are the new Soviets?
Convict- It's bad enough having half the signs in Welsh. Anyway, they may as well have been in Polish for all the good they did.
Few'- I guess it's a case of horses for courses. You live in a country where big is beautiful. Over here, old is appreciated.
Sounds a bit miserable. But when I lived in England it was always in London and I did not experience any flooding. I do like the English weather most of the time, it is never too hot, although there is that awful time between novemeber and march where it's grey drizzle, but the rest of the time its nice and mild mainly. Here in Baltimore it is way too hot in summer and way too cold in winter and fall and spring only make up about three months of the year. So I say, enjoy the English weather!
mj:
It seems that everything's gone wrong
Since Canada came along
Blame Canada
Blame Canada
They're not even a real country anyway!
My son could've been a doctor or a lawyer rich and true,
Instead he burned up like a piggy on the barbecue
Should we blame the matches?
Should we blame the fire?
Or the doctors who allowed him to expire?
heck no!
Blame Canada
Blame Canada
With all their hockey hullabaloo
And that bitch Anne Murray too
Blame Canada
Shame on Canada
For...
The smut we must stop
The trash we must bash
The Laughter and fun
Must all be undone
We must blame them and cause a fuss
Before someone thinks of blaming uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuus!!!!
FN: I should bitch slap you for that but instead I'll thank you for mentioning Piggy on a barbecue.
Tick , frankly I blame Canada as well (stop screaming MJ) , those wiley canucks , probably thought the mobius strip of a diversion was highly hilarious........how those long winter evenings just fly by :-)
*sharpens ice skating blades*
Emmak- Talking of the weather, so very British.
First Nations- Poetry always makes me cry. *sniff*
MJ- Yeay!
Beast-
*mobius strip of a diversion*
I like that.
MJ- I fear Canucks on blades.
I dont like welsh weather, it either, rains, snows, hails, or shines.
Mmm maybe i just hate weather.
Your own little version of "The Hobbit", or "There And Back Again". Fab.
Ooh - this post is really about life. Or is it just me? Thought so. Never mind.
ara: if so, it's wet.
like tick.
*runs*
Ickle_Bro- Welsh weather is so much more.........weathery.
Qenny- Thing about traffic incidences, they wind you up way out of proportion to the interest factor of the story.
Arabella- No allegory was intended but feel free to interpret.
FN- I'm not wet! I used to be in a motorcycle gang.....
Granted none of the bikes exceeded 500cc and I don't ever rememeber a time when one of them actually worked but we did wear cutoffs.
Mean, bad bottomed, mummyshagging cutoffs. So there!
i just bleached my eyes at the image of tickers in cutoffs. that didn't work, so i scratched them out with a spork. still didn't work, so i put them back in. i'm blaming canada.
I wish some of the paths I've taken had had a distinct sign that a diversion was ending.
Particularly the ones that lead to my ill fated marriage.
Pink- Canadians have so much to answer for. Why do they give their police such funny hats. Glad we don't do that in Britain.
I- Perhaps your ill fated marriage was a diversion from your true path.
My suggestion is that Wales be turned into a giant reservoir so that their will be no shortage of water in England next year!
Few'- Not in this weather bro'.
Frobi- Good Idea Frobi, I'll put it to my Welsh chums. I'm sure they'll see the wisdom of it.
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