Fancy a picnic?
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Fancy a picnic?
The river level has dropped a bit.
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Re: Fancy a picnic?
Err, no, but if you zoom in a bit and mess around in B&W the ice does look quite dramatic.
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Re: Fancy a picnic?
Flooding and ice! What have you been up to, Ken?
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Re: Fancy a picnic?
Nothing. that's just how it works. The river through our village does this most winters.
Rain inevitably ends up in rivers. Lots of rain inevitably makes the rivers flood. In the lower reaches of the rivers the flood waters inevitably spread out over large flood plains. If someone is daft enough to site a picnic bench on a flood plain it's inevitably going to provide a photo opportunity like this.
Add in the fact that floods are more likely in winter and it's also inevitable that the still waters at the edge of the floods are going to freeze over, providing further photo opportunities.
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Re: Fancy a picnic?
Ever thought of moving, Ken
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Re: Fancy a picnic?
It is plain to see that the River Derwent is in flood, and the ideal spot from which to see the floods is the picnic bench. Thus it has a dual purpose - on those occasions when the river is not in flood, then you can use it to have a picnic on!
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Re: Fancy a picnic?
Not really. The picnic bench is on the outside of the high bank that forms the flood defence. It is under water because local run off has pooled up against the bank. It can't drain into the river because on the other side of the bank the river level is even higher. In other words, even when the river is not in flood, if you sit on that bench you can't actually see the river.
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Re: Fancy a picnic?
Sounds like you need to have a word with the "picnic bench location sub-committee", so that it can be placed in a more viable river-viewing position. No need to push the matter until the floods recede, though, which will give them enough time for several decision-making meetings on that topic!
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I am confused. In my childhood we were given sets of crayons "Derwentwater", "Cumberland" and so on, and there were dozens of different colours, but Ken's photo is in black and white.
Don't forget the "Levitating Raft Committee".Sounds like you need to have a word with the "picnic bench location sub-committee", ...
Also the nomenclature Committee, whose name has slipped my mind.
Our Christmas Crayon Collections had, after all, a raft of colours.
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Re: Fancy a picnic?
There speaks a man familiar with the finer points of local Parish Council politics.
I can imagine the discussion...
"Its always been there"
"Yeh but the flood defences didn't used to be there"
"Ah but if you move to the other side of the flood defences it might get swept away in a flood"
"Fair point"
"Also, it was put where it is because it's close to the car park"
"Ah yes and since the local run off also floods the car park it doesn't matter that the picnic bench is in accessible because the car park is also inaccessible."
"How about putting it on top of the flood bank?"
Sharp intake of breath all round
"Are you serious? think of the Elf 'n' Safety paperwork to deal with having a public bench situated 'at height'"
"Aye, not to mention needing permission from the Environment Agency, they wouldn't want hordes trampling all over their flood defences."
"Motion to relocate the picnic bench is not carried"
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Re: Fancy a picnic?
Look closely, Chris - there aren't any numbers...ChrisGreaves wrote: ↑01 Feb 2021, 12:27...there were dozens of different colours, but Ken's photo is in black and white.
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Re: Fancy a picnic?
Leif wrote: ↑01 Feb 2021, 14:27Look closely, Chris - there aren't any numbers...ChrisGreaves wrote: ↑01 Feb 2021, 12:27...there were dozens of different colours, but Ken's photo is in black and white.
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You could sell this to psychiatrists as a new style Rorschach test. When I first looked at your ice picture, I saw a Cavalier's head, complete with beard and feathered hat. Love it!
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I think you'll find that this was Chris.
(He can be quite cavalier at times...!)
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I suspect that you have recorded the discussion verbatim...!
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What I see is a crone's head and face with a raven perched atop. I wonder what the psychiatrists would make of that? :
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