24th November 2024

 Well as the storm passes through it is still raining.  I expect everyone got back to their beds last night, there is always a lot of kindness about.  The water came down from the moors and channeled into an angry dragon raced down the rivers to flood the low lying valley bottom.  Of course with the canal close by an awful lot of water had to flood the lower lying street levels.  Unleashed.  The roads were soon cleared though as gully or vacuum  lorries worked away.  One interesting fact the Todmorden park has electronic gates which close on the flood water captured inside. 

Through history, fields next to rivers were often used as water meadows, often flooding in winter and because the park is the largest flat area in the valley it fits this requirement well. But as I peered nervously down into the basement - it is dry.

I did Wordle in two goes this morning, not often do I do that but now and then. I am on my own this weekend, so the worry of flooding is my responsibility? No, but we must have had a power cut because the heating time is buggered up and I have no talent as far as thermostats are concerned.  Luckily now of course we have moved from -3 degrees to 11 degrees.

Coincidentally yesterday after talking about crows.  I came down to the kitchen and saw something whitish on the steps outside.  Opening the door and a crow flew away from the door and landed on the fence.  It was a parcel this young bird was investigating, we stared at each other for some time and then it flew away.

A memory came through, though I didn't capture it on F/B but it was about St. Peter on the Wall.  It was a bleak place but just right for itinerant saints.  I miss talking about them and their 'incontinent' ways.  Yes the monks slept around and had children ;)

And just one more thing to remember.  Kate on 'The Last Homely House' mentioned her month long trip to India and that she had gone around a business that created clothes.  The retail business was call Anukhi.  Well I wore an Anukhi dress for my second wedding.  Bought from a shop in Bath and it still exists almost 40 odd years later.