It's been a wild and wooly week in the week before I'm away for a couple of days with very strong wind requiring bins to be rescued before the heavy rain landed causing some localized flooding here but major issues not so far.
For instance at my older brothers farmhouse on the North Shropshire/South-east Cheshire boundary a nearby river burst its banks across one of his fields and flooded the stable block where the horses and crazy pony live and they sandbagged the doorways.
Trainlines were affected too with the Transport for Wales service from Crewe to Mid Wales, the Crewe-Chester line and Stafford via Rugeley on the Trent Valley to Walsall all off due to flooding.
This was central Stafford on Saturday by Riverside and in the Black Country one person travelling in Wombourne got stuck when the Ford flooded.
Apart from concerns to peoples welfare in the aftermath of the storm, one hopes the train network can be restored as although most of my route avoids the most affected areas it's possible a speed restriction may be in place between Stafford and Penkridge later on the week when I'm off.
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