UK floods

Highams · Post by **Highams** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:47 am

Many thanks to those who emailed concerning the recent floods here in the UK.

We have been lucky in the Slough/Heathrow area, we are just far enough away from the Thames at Windsor and the closest flood was in Maidenhead about 10 miles away. Oxford was pretty close at around 40 miles so we kept an eye on that one too.

We got off light compared to the Midlands and North of England, but if you see pics on TV of me floating down the Thames in my Cavalry Tuba, you'll know there's been a problem, lol.

CB

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:53 am

Keep the shiny side up, Charlie, and good luck to ya.

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:38 pm

The same, no problems my way!

The nearest I have got is one gig cancelled, because the venue was flooded.

Really dreadful though for all those who have had their house ruined and the half million without tap water.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:46 pm

Stay dry, guys!

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:46 pm

An aerial photo of the flooding around Tewkesbury Abbey made our local paper. WOW! Take care!

oldbandnerd · Post by **oldbandnerd** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:58 pm

We got off light compared to the Midlands and North of England, but if you see pics on TV of me floating down the Thames in my Cavalry Tuba, you'll know there's been a problem, lol.

Save the horns !!!

Highams · Post by **Highams** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 5:50 pm

No worries Tommy, all safely stored in the loft, the hi-fi will have to float, lol

CB

trseaman · Post by **trseaman** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:29 pm

CB,

Do you have any pictures to share??? I did find this one...

Tim

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 1:09 am

bloke wrote:At first, I misread "UK floods" as "UK foods"

Gives a new meaning to 'fish and chips'...

Highams · Post by **Highams** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:07 am

Here's a few from Wokingham, down the road from us;

http://www.getwokingham.co.uk/gallery/2 ... pangbourne

CB

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:03 am

bloke wrote:At first, I misread "UK floods" as "UK foods".

bloke "not sure which one might be worse..."

Bloke, you are thinking of the past. You can now get virtually every cuisine in the world within the UK.

There may be a lot of things wrong over here, but choice and quality of food is not one of them.

Jonathan "who is looking forward to his traditional British Sunday roast lunch today"

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:37 pm

Indeed. My experiences with food were very similar to blokes. Here in the Midwest, trout excepted, I really miss good fresh fish and chips. And finally, there is a pub here that imports Bass Ale on tap, (look carefully at the bottle in my avatar) and a grocery store I can get Brooke-Bond PG Tips teabags for a morning cuppa.

And, again, finally, we have an immigrant Indian family that has opened up a real Indian restaurant so I can get proper curry.

Oh, and BTW -- it's spelled ploughman's lunch.

I could go on, but my #1 choice of tubas in my signature says it all. Now, if I can only figure out a way to haul it in my E-type convertible.

trseaman · Post by **trseaman** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:38 pm

I found this video earlier today... Looks pretty soggy!

Tim

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cf9_1185803464

tubiker · Post by **tubiker** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:49 pm

Yo

I'm in Norfolk - thats about an hour away by car from Cambridge, we've not had the rainfall they had out west but we were in Uxbridge, West London when the last deluge came down - I've never been to the Indian sub-continent - but from what I've seen on the telly it was just like monsoon season for about an hour. And on Sunday we had a trip out to Hampton Court Palace, the Thames was in very full flow.

On the subject of food - in my town we have

2 Indian take away's
3 Chinese
3 Kebab shops
1 Pizza house
1 Morrocan establishment
3 Fish n Chip shops

and yes - you can get a Sunday roast for Â£6.95 at one of the pubs

fortunately

we ain't got a McDonalds

Andrew M

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:56 pm

tubiker wrote:fortunately

we ain't got a McDonalds

Wow! I have a new favorite place to visit!

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:54 am

I saw them scraping the letters off the local Lotteria hamburger stand (the South Korean chain that has sold some of its Vietnamese outlets to the Thai branch of McDonald's).

If you want to see this place unspoiled (by not having one McDonald's in the country), you'd better come quickly!

TMurphy · Post by **TMurphy** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:56 pm

I am always amazed, with the dozens of options for good, cheap food in New York, that every single time I walk past the McDonalds LT posted the picture of (on 42nd street, just off of Times' Square), it is packed to the brim with people. I just don't get it.