Grasmere meets Desmond December 2015
Record rainfall hits Thirlmere
The Army step in to clear 1000 tonnes of rubble from the A591
We fed the Army and met the top man
The school was flooded, parents & children and the local community rallied for a weekend clean up. The school opened on the Monday, on time.
Flooded but undeterred, Grasmere school reopens after the cleanup
The road was closed at Dunmail Raise
Because there was the Gap.
The Gap with its own waterfall
And a couple of huge landslides in Grasmere
The Gap
The locals start to repair the road
Will is working out how to cross the Gap
There's tree damage too
Fences are ripped out
Rivers re-routed and thousands of boulders washed downstream
Ministers visit, media is met
The watercourses are full of rubble, houses flood, damage is done
flood defences are inadequate
Crossing the Gap
The council work hard
Molly's path is created
Grasmere is open & as beautiful as ever!
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Martin Campbell - Grasmere - 015394 35012