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Slimbridge Wetland Centre on the Severn is owned by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. It's the winter home for many geese, ducks and swans ( Read more... )

Malvern Hills from Crickley Hill, south of Cheltenham.

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We went to the Malvern Hills today. They're only 45 minutes from Cheltenham. They offer splendid hill walking with stunning views eastwards toward the Cotswolds and westwards toward Herefordshire and Wales.

Herefordshire Beacon seen from the north. The beacon is an obelisk near Eastnor Castle.

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On Saturday Kieron and I went to Glastonbury. Mostly we indulged in retail therapy. I came home with 5 CDs. On the way home, we stopped to take a photo of the famous Tor. We were too tired to walk up on it, though. Maybe next time.

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Kieron's tap water has run out and the water at his workplace will run out in the next few days, according to Kieron. He'll come and stay with me until he can go back. That may well take over a week.

On the other hand, Severn Trent Water say that they only shut off supply to Kieron's workplace temporarily and will turn it on again, according to ( Read more... )

I talked to Kieron yesterday evening and he was fine. He had been working from home instead of going into the office but he had both power and water.

During the night the Severn has peaked and more rain is not expected. The National Grid substation at Walham has stayed online. While emergency services say that they're not in the recovery phase ( Read more... )

NB: Gloucester is a town in the county of Gloucestershire. "Shire" means county.

Water
"A potential 150,000 customers in Gloucestershire will lose mains water supplies following the flooding of Severn Trent Water's Mythe Water Treatment Works in Tewkesbury. "
say Severn Trent Water. The affected town are Gloucester, Tewkesbury and Cheltenham ( Read more... )

The fresh water supply for Cheltenham, Gloucester and Tewkesbury is expected to run out soon. The weather is going to be wet tomorrow too, so this isn't looking good.

There's also a risk of the electricity being cut off in Cheltenham because a power substation is threatened by water ( Read more... )

Yesterday we had a pick nick by the Topograph, near the Haresfield Beacon. It's on National Trust property. On this map, it's marked as a lookout point. The photo below is taken from our picnic site, just a little below the topograph.

A topograph is a 3D map. Other people have taken photos of itIn my photo the small, industrial town is Stonehouse ( Read more... )