We visited Polperro in South Cornwall many years ago. Walking down the hill towards the sea, on either side of the road were stone 'bridges' under which ran two small streams, just outside the peoples' houses.
Some years later, we watched in horror as pictures of a flash flood appeared on the tv, with torrents of water pumping up from under the pavements as the flood poured through and out of the very street we'd walked down.
So to see the wretched population of Boscastle with their homes waist-deep in mud and slime was truly horrible - and an awful sense of deja vu.
I hope they're able to recover.
# posted by Mr.D. @ 8:54 AM
Drinking and Driving (but clearly not simultaneously)
