StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Storm Desmond

white - 8th Jan 2005 gold - Storm Desmond 05 Dec 2015 The second "once in 100 year event" in a decade - subsequently, serious flood defences were built ... which have kept the floodwaters away from the city centre. A short distance from the Joiners' Arms is a biscuit bakery ... both floods wrecked the ground floor ovens, causing a nationwide shortage of my favourite ginger biscuits, as cleaning and repairs took about six months ! There was a car hire place just along from here, and the staff were kept busy driving the cars away to safety, onto higher ground. I think they also manged to save some furniture / computers ... Sadly, in some of the other areas badly affected, there were casualties [at least one death from drowning]

As seen in late December 2015, following the destruction wrought by Storm Desmond. Unfortunately, Pooley wasn't the only place to lose their Bridge, either completely (as here) or to the severe damage wrought by spates of floodwater.

Flooding from the R. South Tyne around the Alston Arches - May 2013 (F Scott). Storm Desmond in Dec 2015 produced similar results. Not my image : fair use & educational purposes

Flow dynamics around on of the "Alston Arches" piers, the narrower stone courses are about 2ft (60cm) high, the wider ones are about 3ft.

River Tyne flow rates / depth above normal flow, as measured just upstream from the Alston Arches. Copied from the Environment Agency website. "Storm Desmond" Shows the typical sharp rise and slow decline of a spate passing downstream. . Historical data - peak flow depth on 18th May 2013 at 1345 was 3,27m and the highest ever was 3,45m which occurred on Saturday 8th January 2005 at 0200.

Looking at the grass bank to the centre / right in this image, a "high tide mark" of dead vegetation can be seen, also some sand deposits on the path. The black dog is Ben, waiting to play with his ball. The bridge overhead is for the A69 - the main Carlisle to Newcastle road.

Rain running down the windows. It did that for something like 36 hours without a break, there were some variations in intensity) It was also windy with some seriously strong gusts.

The small beck (Slaty Sike) to the left of the road has had a number of small dams built across it, to impound water and slow the downstream progress of a peak flow event as part of an active catchment management scheme for Haltwhistle Burn. see notes. link to the project website - research.ncl.ac.uk/haltwhistleburn The sheep are trying to shelter in the lee of the trees, they are on the steeper slope, which is slightly less sodden.

The Haltwhistle Burn at full spate / just about bank-full stage. The main peak flow has passed, and there has been some erosion of the banks, mainly on the outside of the bends with some distinct undercutting. The main channel is now moved to the right by about the surface width of the water.

Alston Arches - the spate from "Desmond" is now dropping to the point that the turbulence from the drop over the weir is beginning to re-appear.