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Caterham



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floods - will I / won't I
get to Reading that is?

left it till the last moment but I've just walked.

need to get over to Reading from B'ham tomorrow. will I make it?

I'm not talking about the car......(thats a no). but thinking about the floods?

any thoughts / recommendations?


thank you.
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Caterham



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Made it no problem Thumbs Up
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Don't worry about getting home either please, I am sure the return journey will be as uneventful as the one that got you to Reading in the first place.

Laughing Thumbs Up If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!

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The media is whipping this up.

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Surely the m40 will be fine... I think it's just fields/flood plains/badly placed villages that are bad..

Just leave a bit extra time for traffic/bad weather I guess would be a good plan.. Cheers, David
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Reading has its floods, so may be a tad slower, but still easily doable. (although you've no doubt found that out by now)
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Just back and uneventful in terms of driving but the army turned up in a rather nice 4 axle open / canvas truck with a shed load of sand bags.
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Just back and uneventful in terms of driving but the army turned up in a rather nice 4 axle open / canvas truck with a shed load of sand bags.
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At first I thought your green ink had run out.

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Pleased to see London's gone, & we're living on the chain of tropical islands called the Cotswolds!
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It would be interesting to know by how much the mean sea level has risen on that map, probably by about 50m at a guess.
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I thought Leicester would be under water we can see the flood plains from our house, so far they have coped ok. Even after they built / are building a load of new houses on it not to mention the park and ride. I drive over them every day on the way to and from work. They haven't dredged the canal or river in years only a matter of time I suppose.
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