My Dad had that once. He was with us for Christmas and the neighbours were supposed to be looking after the house. He flew home, my brother picked him up and took him home to a scene of total disaster. It took months to get the house dry.
I think the shock of it started his final decline. He'd lived in that house for 40 odd years and hated having to move out while the work was done. He was never the same again.
The neighbours only comment was we heard water running but we were busy - it was Christmas after all. Same neighbours he'd had for 40 odd years.

Sounds bad Gareth. Hopefully you have caught it in time so things won't take too long to dry out again.


You know you wanted new carpet upstairs anyway .

I'd have to consult my daughter in law - she did classics at school and still reads Greek and Latin for fun. Says it relaxes her after a hard day of vet learning. Mind you the things she reads include Asterix so it's not like she's reading the Iliad every night .

Data is the most obvious, most used and most abused one. People tend to use it as a singular rather than a plural.

I saw that John! Good news.

I am seriously thinking about getting one, even though it is more expensive, and not as pretty as the I-10.

Some interesting photos with it (and of it) on Ned Bunnell's blog. Though the K-x seems to be his camera of choice nowadays

I hope you get back there again Emma, it is a magical place.

Glad to hear you can still go up. My sister-in-law lives not so far away, but somehow there is never time for such trips when we visit her.

I think I like it.

I don't mind the windmills. In fact I almost want them to be more visible, just to add a bit more mid ground interest.

Is the horizon straight?

Dungeness is a wonderful and weird place. One of my favourite spots.
Added it the ever lengthening list of places to re-visit in the UK!

As long as you don't go too near the power station or trample the plants you can wander pretty much at will I think. We used to go there on the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch railway.

Can you still go up the old lighthouse?

July is the rumour and €7000 is the price, again according to the rumour mills. Hope your piggy banks are nice and full .

Welcome to the forum.

If it makes you feel any better the south of France has had a heap of snow today, and huge waves along the Cote d'Azur.

We've had snow in Arizona around this time too. Hope things warm up for you soon.