More Water

After another day of rainy-snow and snowy-rain yesterday (we stayed in, it was horrid!) for our exercise today we walked the canal / woods loop and the water meadows were the wettest I have seen them. At least they are doing their job and (mostly) containing the flooding to the open area. There is a footpath under this somewhere! 

This is where overflow from the canal drains into a sluice and then down to the river. The overflow has overflowed.

And nobody will be going through this gate which accesses a path through the water meadows for some time! At least the canal towpath next to it was still dry. 

It has mostly been a lazy weekend. We ordered in pizza last night for our takeaway evening, then H cooked a roast again tonight. Her boyfriend (who I am going to call G as his initial has already been taken)  has moved back in as he did during the first lockdown, which will be better for them. He is also working from home and has not seen anyone outside his family, so it seems a low risk which significantly boosts their wellbeing. Hopefully within the next few weeks they will be moving into their new home. Tonight we had a Zoom call with our neighbours and former neighbours. It was good to catch up, though Zoom conversations are never as easy and natural as seeing people in person. Hopefully it will not be too long before we can all meet up again, even if it is just outside in the garden. Yesterday was a record breaking day for vaccinations, which is good news.