I blame Joce......

[Feltwell]

Is it me or has it hardly stopped raining since Joce bought her water bowser?

I blame the eejit who suggested she buy one on Ebay :roll:

 

[JoceAndChris]

:lol: :lol: :lol:


Wasn't the person who picked out the bowser your good self? So definitely all your fault. :wink:

We haven't had much need of the bowser, the rainwater tank is brim full. Thankfully it isn't showing any signs of flooding the path - I wondered if it might but the clever Victorians who made it remembered a soakaway point. Our field below is green, for the first time in a long time.

 

[JohnB]

I've got three new ponds. They were supposed to be holes to plant apple trees in!

 

[Feltwell]

Ahh well, we need the rain. The River Severn was up near the limit of it's banks this morning, flood warnings are in place round here. I'm glad I live on top of a hill, even if it's a modest one!

 

[madworthy]

The horses were supposed to be in the summer pasture, but it's turned into a very large paddling pool :roll: Back to the winter pasture then.

 

[skier-hughes]

Are you channeling all the extra run off into the Bowser Joce? Have it full and ready to do things like top up the well if needed or used for watering the garden etc etc, don't leave it there empty!!!!

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Joce - if your tank is full, can I suggest you divert your rainwater in to the bowser and fill that also?

You'll need it in a few days/weeks/months!

EDIT - should have read Graham's pearls first... :roll:

 

[Zebra]

No no, I think it's my fault. All winter I left the old cement render on my house to protect it from the elements, and we had the driest winter/spring. As soon as I took it off, down came the rain and the house is now soaked.

 

[middi]

Sod the hosepipe ban, I am seriously considering building an ark.

Middi

 

[JoceAndChris]

Sweet of FW and Skier to think of the water problems here but it's not much trouble to go to Croxton for rainwater if we do run out later in the summer. The well is not far off empty, I want the excess rain to soak through the ground, feeding the roots of the giant beeches we're encircled by, and hopefully affect the water table positively.

 

[skier-hughes]

My opinion would be that a bowser full will make little difference to the water table but a lot of difference to you, still I'm me and you are you.

 

[FamilyWiggs]

My opinion would be that a bowser full will make little difference to the water table but a lot of difference to you, still I'm me and you are you.

Agreed. X1000000000

 

[agbagb]

This rain has been fantastic, I now know where all the other holes in my roof are!

 

[FamilyWiggs]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[JohnB]

This rain has been fantastic, I now know where all the other holes in my roof are!

Someone on another forum was asking if it mattered that the drought was coming through his roof :lol:

 

[Keith Bowman]

Someone on yet another forum said that his neighbour has been fined for using a hosepipe - to drain his flooded house :shock:
I'm not sure whether to believe it or assume that it's some sort of urban myth.

 

[JoceAndChris]

Robin & Graham

1) how to get it into the bowser - some kind of pump? Bowser uphill of rainwater chamber, that can't be altered 2) it would be dirty, dirtier than the spring at Croxton 3) can't drink it 4) dishwasher and washing machine plumbed into the well, the rain is just for toilets and showers.

Bowser is only a very partial solution until we get a borehole - but thanks anyway.

 

[skier-hughes]

I'd get a pump, yep.

 

[AMc]

1) how to get it into the bowser - some kind of pump? Bowser uphill of rainwater chamber, that can't be altered 2) it would be dirty, dirtier than the spring at Croxton 3) can't drink it 4) dishwasher and washing machine plumbed into the well, the rain is just for toilets and showers. .

If you have a plastic downpipe then a rainwater diverter (for a water butt from a garden centre) and a bit of hose would allow gravity to do the work for you.
I agree about the dirty though - I'm not sure I'd fill your bowser with rain water if you plan on using it for clean water again.

 

[El Greyo]

I'd like to thank everyone who's fault it is for all the rain.

It's been marvelous for lime plastering.

But enough is enough, I'm on holiday in North Wales next week so can you arrange some sun, please?