Feb 2014 - my london diary

	Central Staines Flooding Staines, Middx. Tue 11 Feb 2014
	Sandbags at the Jubilee Gardens But the road was flooded and closed to traffic with no sandbags across here This curious structure looks better with water up to the brim Sandbags keep the slug's feet dry Only the lamposts and the top of a seat are visible on the riverside path which goes in front of the ugliest development in Staines The Swan Hotel across the river is still just above water
	People on Staines Bridge watch and take photographs Not much sign of the towpath, though some of the trees mark its edge The riverside path in Staines is also underwater As is this part of the Thames Path The Wyradisbury River (a stream of the Colne) didn't seem particularly full But there was some flooding in buildings on the bank of the Colne And you could not see the arch of the bridge through which the Colne flows to the Thames a couple of hundred yards away 2'6" to go to reach 1947 levels on the Colne - unless the board has been moved The High Street was high and dry, but the service road south of it and around the Masonic Hall and car park had a few inches of water in it
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