Phew what a smell II

Yesterday I ventured, for the first time since the floods, down to Pitchcroft Racecourse on my way into town. Racecourse seems to be the wrong term to describe what is now left in the aftermath of the scourging flood waters. Everything is covered in a layer of smelly slime! Any part of the grass raceway has been destroyed. I think it would now make a good track for dirt bike speedway!! That's if they can get rid of the smell first!

All rained out.

Before

After


Every one has their tale to tell about the floods and I am the last one to get tedious about the whole thing. Suffice to say, Tree and I had a four hour ordeal trying to get through from Ledbury to Worcester. We were lucky in being one of the last to get through the floods, but got stuck on the motorway. Most of the M50 was closed and the M5 was down to one lane in parts. Ledbury high street was described as "a river", on the radio. I was unable to get in to the shop until today and, apart from a few bits of rubbish lying about, you would never guess how bad it had been.
Anyway, I am chuffed with myself for getting the A-boards finished for the shop and I think they are a definite improvement.

No walk today!

I had intended to write about how the Lime trees, lining the walkway on Pitchcroft racecourse, were so beautiful this time of year and how the heady scent of their flowers attracted all the bees, from near and far, until all you could hear was a constant buzzing in the background as you walked under them. I also wanted to mention a tree with a perfect heart shape in it. This I hoped to convey following a nice long walk. However, on arriving there, I was met with the aftermath of all this rain and Pitchcroft was flooded. Not unusual that it floods, but this time of year!

Even as I write, Tree and I have just managed to get to the shop in Ledbury after driving for over an hour, trying to find a road that wasn't closed or blocked by floodwater. Anyway, the pics of the flood and the Lime tree blossom look quite nice and I shall settle for that.