Tag Archives: Weybridge

The River Thames flooding in Weybridge, January 9th 2024 update

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Barbara

Every so often I get a notification from WordPress that my stats are booming. I used to blog on a daily basis for a few years as I was suffering with my chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, and struggled to do … Continue reading →

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The River Thames in Flood; Weybridge & Walton, January 9th 2014

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Barbara

Today the sun shone so I took Wilson out and we took some photos of the floods.  The water is nearly as high as it was in 2003!   This is how high the water came in Weybridge. The river started … Continue reading →

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River Levels Rising!

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Barbara

Our horrible wet weather is continuing (except mine & Peter’s weather will definitely improve from Tuesday!) There are flood warnings all over the country, and today there are 10 around the area of the Thames near where we live.

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A real Seagull Souper

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Barbara

We thankfully don’t get the greeny-yellow sulphur and soot laden fogs that inspired the naming of London Fogs as ‘Pea Soupers’ any more.  Today’s fog that didn’t really lift really was pretty heavy and damp and grounded hundreds of aeroplanes … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge; Lunchtime

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Barbara

What better lunch than a selection of cakes from our local cake sale in aid of Comic Relief 🙂 yummy!

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Wilson’s Doggy Bag

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Barbara

When Wilson gets soggy in the river he doesn’t understand why we don’t want him to sit on us in the car on the way home so he can get dry!  When he comes home he deposits muddy footprints all … Continue reading →

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The River Thames in Flood, Weybridge, Walton & Port Hampton

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Barbara

Further to my recent posts about the river flooding in Weybridge and Walton, I have now found my photographs from the last big flood.  In December 2002 and January 2003 the Thames began to flood near where we live. I … Continue reading →

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All is sunny on New Years Day :-)

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Barbara

A beautiful sunny New Years Day in Weybridge, so Wilson got a great walk & I got to play with my camera.  The river is still in flood, but the water has gone down a bit.  No chance of getting … Continue reading →

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River Thames in Flood, Walton-On-Thames, England

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Barbara

The Thames has been flooding for a few more days.  Christmas this year has been more damp than cold.  Our annual outdoor swim in Hampton Pool was interspersed with the occasional downpour, and today we just managed to get back … Continue reading →

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River Thames in Flood, Weybridge, England,

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Barbara

The Thames has been flooding for a few days.  Not to the extent it flooded in 2002 when many of our local roads were closed, but it’s been climbing the tow-paths & the speed that it has been racing has … Continue reading →

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