Relaxing on Sunday with a disguised Mr. T cat (requested by the homeowners) |
I’d woken up on Sunday morning and thought the river looked different, wasn’t there an island there yesterday? Asking Brian if there wasn’t now something that there had been was like banging my head against a brick wall... “wasn’t there an island yesterday?” “There isn’t an island now “ “I know there isn’t now, but was there yesterday?” “ I don’t know, I can’t see anything....” anyway, by the end of the day there wasn’t a path to the river or access to the raspberry canes either, the water had risen a good 3’ to the back gate! Fortunately there is still a big bank up the garden so we didn’t worry about flooding....
Photo of the river from the upstairs window in relatively normal flow |
(Brian: No wonder I feel 'got at' sometimes. I had just been reading an exciting section of a book about the Zulu war in South Africa in 1879, my mind was on that. "Wasn't there an island there yesterday?" 'What?'. 'What's she talking about now?' "In the river. wasn't there an island in it yesterday?" 'Uh, no idea, there isn't now' I said looking out of the window, 'it's in flood and looking very angry and fast flowing' I'm not a person of detail, but I can tell you what the weather forecast is for the day and whats happening in the world. An island in the river? I don't know, I didn't pay that much attention, why should I?)
Photo on Sunday in flood. Looking at the two photos, yes, you can see an island in the first one, but who would have noticed? Jackie, obviously, but how many other people? |
At the bottom of the garden, river up to the gate |
Monday it had finally stopped raining and wasn’t threatening any more till the afternoon so we went to the Riverside Transport Museum. Like most of the museums here abouts the museum is free, but sadly the parking is not. Very good museum, not just vehicles, but street scenes with little shops as they would have been along with some recordings of how life used to be.
Inside the River Transport Museum |
Silly photo in the museums wavy mirror |
Interesting steering mechanism on this old vehicle |
On the tall ship at the Riverside Transport Museum. All this is free of charge |
The fabulous Paisley Abbey |
Inside the Abbey that dates back to the twelfth century |
With Susan and Bobby at Robertson Park |
Bobby, Molly dog, Wanda dog, Susan and Jackie enjoying the sunset and view on the top at Robertson Park |
View from the top. Ben Lomond and the hills around Loch Lomond are visible |
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