Ogg you okay?

[SeaCat]

Just saw the reports of the flooding over there.

Cat

 

[Handley_Page]

As far as I know, Ogg should have little problems; he's East of the Meridian.
The floods, on the other hand are up in the North West of the country. It will be interesting to see what happens when the water filters south down the rivers - again !

 

[oggbashan]

If I flood, London will have a BIG problem. I'm on higher land than the Thames Barrier.

I look out over the sea but my garden is twelve metres above extreme high tides. The road beside my house slopes towards the sea. The road in front of my house slopes down towards the town centre. The road gullies empty into a short (four metres into the sea at high tide; half a kilometre from the sea at low tide) sea outfall almost opposite my house. In rare periods of torrential rain at low tide I can stand on my balcony and watch a minature delta being created on the beach, the streams of rain water reshaping the delta as they erode new more direct channels.

I'm a geographer. I know enough not to buy a house anywhere on a flood plain or at risk from localised flooding.

Og

 

[3113]

Besides, you've got one of these right?

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nrg1/GeorgeIintheStateBargePassingbytheTowerofLondon.jpg

 

[LLs Man]

There are, I suspect, a lot of UK Lit peeps closer to the flooding than Ogg is (me, for example, though again I'm on the east side (200miles or more north of Ogg) & there's a large range of hills between east & west, at least at this end of the country). Can't think of anyoneon Lit from that part of England right now, but that's not to say there isn't anyone.

The river here has dropped a foot or so since yesterday, thankfully. It won't threaten where I live, since our place is at least a mile from the river and on high ground, but where I work is no more than 50 yards away from it. During the big floods 9 years ago the basement flooded & the building was evacuated (I didn't start work there until the year after), but the defences in the area have been improved since then.

 

[oggbashan]

This should give some idea of how unlikely I am to be affected by flood. I live in one of the houses above the grassy bank.

Og

PS. This was taken at LOW tide.

 

[YoursSINSerely]

This should give some idea of how unlikely I am to be affected by flood. I live in one of the houses above the grassy bank.

Og

PS. This was taken at LOW tide.

Og, what a beautiful view, storm or not, its powerful. You're a lucky man. Be safe.

 

[oggbashan]

Og, what a beautiful view, storm or not, its powerful. You're a lucky man. Be safe.

I know I'm lucky.

At present the new kitchen is three-quarters finished. It should be fully operational by the end of November.

Then we can stand at the kitchen sink and look out over the sea. The view from the kitchen sink sold the house to us.

Og

 

[oggbashan]

View from balcony at sunset:

Og

 

[YoursSINSerely]

View from balcony at sunset:

Og

Gorgeous! Absolutely breathtaking. I love the ocean, but what are those little shacks on the beach?

 

[oggbashan]

Gorgeous! Absolutely breathtaking. I love the ocean, but what are those little shacks on the beach?

Those little shacks?

Those are our much loved Beach Huts. Originally we had bathing machines on wheels in which Victorian ladies could dip themselves in the sea while preserving their modesty. Then we took the wheels off and used them to change from normal clothing to bathing costumes.

Now they are still used for changing but also for making cups of tea, and sheltering from the occasional summer rain and the more usual strong wind.

In our town they are fairly inexpensive. The asking rate is about nine thousand pounds for a hut six feet by eight feet. In nearby towns larger Beach Huts can fetch thirty thousand pounds.

The photo is of Beach Huts in use. The windbreaks, chairs etc. have been taken out and used on the beach because there isn't room inside for a family - only for the tea-maker.

Og

 

[YoursSINSerely]

Those little shacks?

Those are our much loved Beach Huts. Originally we had bathing machines on wheels in which Victorian ladies could dip themselves in the sea while preserving their modesty. Then we took the wheels off and used them to change from normal clothing to bathing costumes.

Now they are still used for changing but also for making cups of tea, and sheltering from the occasional summer rain and the more usual strong wind.

In our town they are fairly inexpensive. The asking rate is about nine thousand pounds for a hut six feet by eight feet. In nearby towns larger Beach Huts can fetch thirty thousand pounds.

The photo is of Beach Huts in use. The windbreaks, chairs etc. have been taken out and used on the beach because there isn't room inside for a family - only for the tea-maker.

Og

Oh, yes. They look much better from that side. Your beach sand looks very graveley, not like ours on the east coast of the US, and east of the river, of course. River mud is disgusting to get your feet stuck into. I try to stay clear of it. But, nonetheless, it looks like a wonderful beach.

Thanks for sharing and all of your explaining, Og. I appreciate it I need to get out more.

 

[oggbashan]

Oh, yes. They look much better from that side. Your beach sand looks very graveley, not like ours on the east coast of the US, and east of the river, of course. River mud is disgusting to get your feet stuck into. I try to stay clear of it. But, nonetheless, it looks like a wonderful beach.

Thanks for sharing and all of your explaining, Og. I appreciate it I need to get out more.

The gravel, actually shingle which has larger stones than gravel, is imported to protect the beach. At low tide the natural beach is sand with some muddy patches. If we want genuinely sandy beaches there are some about ten miles further along the coast. Of course the sandy beaches are more popular and much more crowded, and there aren't any houses as close to the sandy beaches as ours is.

Og

 

[English Lady]

I'm not flooded either! Hope all UKer's are safe and dry(ish)!

 

[trysail]

Og-
I've always assumed "English beach" to be an oxymoron. So, you look out upon the North Sea. What are water temperatures in the summer?

 

[driphoney]

Og-
I've always assumed "English beach" to be an oxymoron. So, you look out upon the North Sea. What are water temperatures in the summer?

North Sea? Ogg, you be Scot?

(Glad you and all our Brit family seem to be doing well. )

 

[oggbashan]

Og-
I've always assumed "English beach" to be an oxymoron. So, you look out upon the North Sea. What are water temperatures in the summer?

On a hot summer day IF the tide comes in across the wide sun-warmed beach in the afternoon, the water temperature when deep enough for swimming can be in the high seventies F. If the tide is in during the morning, probably mid sixties.

But who cares? We have our own "polar bears" who insist on swimming on New Year's Day. They had to break the ice in 1962, in 1940 and 1897 but they still swum.

Technically the sunset view is of the Thames Estuary. However, North North West there is no land between me and the Arctic. If the wind blows from the NNW in the winter I know it.

Og

 

[trysail]

On a hot summer day IF the tide comes in across the wide sun-warmed beach in the afternoon, the water temperature when deep enough for swimming can be in the high seventies F. If the tide is in during the morning, probably mid sixties.

But who cares? We have our own "polar bears" who insist on swimming on New Year's Day. They had to break the ice in 1962, in 1940 and 1897 but they still swum.

Technically the sunset view is of the Thames Estuary. However, North North West there is no land between me and the Arctic. If the wind blows from the NNW in the winter I know it.

Og

Damn, you made me unearth my Ordnance Survey. Minster? Leysdown-on-Sea? Whitstable? Hampton? Herne Bay? Reculver? Margate?


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ETA: I don't mean to pry- it may be "none of my business," in which case I apologize and no response is perfectly understandable. My curiosity occasionally gets me in trouble!

 

[oggbashan]

Damn, you made me unearth my Ordnance Survey. Minster? Leysdown-on-Sea? Whitstable? Hampton? Herne Bay? Reculver? Margate?

I prefer to be just North Kent coast. I'm notorious enough as the real me without being identified as Og as well.

Og

 

[evanslily]

North Sea? Ogg, you be Scot?

(Glad you and all our Brit family seem to be doing well. )

LOL, no. The North Sea (rather confusingly, I agree) is the sea on the eastern side of Britain. It's my nearest coastline too, though I'm something like 100 miles inland.

Luckily I'm nowhere near any flooding either, but it's been pretty grim for those caught in it, according the news reports.

(Liking the new AV, by the way, DH )

 

[trysail]

North Sea?

(Glad you and all our Brit family seem to be doing well. )

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[NoJo]

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