After a week of record breaking rain and flooding in the Lake District I had a visit to the Ambleside area on 21 Novermber - another gloomy and wet day. This is at Waterhead with Windemere well above normal levels and evidence it had been even higher.
Below is a photo from the same spot with the lake at more usual levels
Windermere floods the road at Waterhead, Ambleside.
An opposite view of the flooded road and debris showing the levels the water had reached.
Flooded fields in Ambleside.
The River Brathay and waters from Windermere had flooded the area around Rothay Bridge.
Floods cover the road at Rothay Bridge, Ambleside.
The river through Ambleside was back to more usual levels, the heron (bottom right) would not have been there a couple of days earlier when the river was a raging torrent almost upto the top of the wall on the left as can be seen in this photo I've found.
I then had a stroll over the bridlepath to Skelwith Bridge, this is a view on the walk into driving rain.
A gloomy scene at Skelwith Bridge.
River Brathay and the bridge at Skelwith Bridge.
Skelwith Force.
The River Rothay seen on my walk back to Ambleside. Note the damaged railings and debris on the opposite bank showing the height and force of the floods, the lane I was walking on had obviously also been under deep water judging by the damage and debris.
Back
in Ambleside with the Christmas lights (and someone's brake lights) trying to
brighten up the gloom.
for
more photos of the floods from today (and a few of the same pics!) see
this page in weather section of VariousStuff