tarboat's photos with the keyword: flood

Flood damage at Middlewood on the Stockport to Buxton line after several inches of rain fell in around an hour. Network Rail reckons that services will be resumed in a week.

Whilst the rain in Cheshire has been somewhat less than in Yorkshire there is still a lot of water trying to escape to the sea. On 25th June alone 1.45 inches of rain fell. On the Weaver the top sluice feeding into the old river at Vale Royal was lifted to its maximum height in order to take water away from Winsford. I have before never seen it raised so high and the flow below was spectacular.