What did you do with your Guzzi today ? .......

[QUOTE=figaro]

[QUOTE=rapheal glynn]
seems a very strange way to conduct business, unless some personal problem came up ???
 [/QUOTE]He’s based in France now. I’d imagine it’s an expensive business shifting stock across the channel, perhaps he thought he’d end up running at a loss.[/QUOTE]

Well I’m told he was there on the Saturday (with his stock)but decided against staying. I’ve since been informed that this is not unusual. A friend rearranged a holiday trip in France to enable him to call in to Reboot, only to find that he’d decided not to be there as arranged!

figaro get ready to turn off the downstairs sockets if you have a splitload board
if the consumer unit it likely to get wet isolate the supply or protect the area around it, if you have an RCD board any damp creeping in will shut it down
if you get time with moving everything upstairs
good luck

http://www.esc.org.uk/public/guides-and-advice/leaflets/what-to-do-once-the-flood-water-has-gone/

Upstairs ain’t an option, I live in a bungalow…Don’t worry, this’ll be the second time for me, I know the MO.

Bugger !

Oh crap … Yep it’s the Thames’ turn today apparently.

The Thames flooding might turn out to be my saviour, actually. The Thames is one side of me and the river Bourne the other, it’s the Bourne that got me last time. I’m not au fait with how rivers work, but last time the NRA allowed the Bourne to flood in order to stop the Thames going into flood. This time the Thames has already spread itself about, so there’s no point filling the Bourne. I may just get away with it.Having said that, it’s just started raining again…

we had contractors working outside, at the foot of a hill, known for sending down water
they dug a hole it filled up they pumped it out and it got bigger
possibly I may need to dig out my tent if they dont stop soon

We have the Bourne at the top of our road, and the Wey navigation at the other end. So far so good, at least we are a couple of locks up from the Thames here.They recon it’s about as bad as the 1947 floods, but I don’t remember.http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/34678.aspx?page=1&type=RiverAndTown&term=chertsey Hope it stops before it reaches you figaro.

Staines road is shut, Chertsey Bridge road is shut, Free Prae Rd is about to shut, yet somehow I’m still dry. Can’t be for much longer surely.

Haven’t been able to get into Chertsey town via the park for weeks but the water does seem to have remained at the same height for the last couple of days. Popped up to the Pinnacles for a pair of wellies for the wife. Seems everyone else had the same idea so very limited selection of sizes, but with the aid of some Swarfega and a couple of tyre levers I’m sure they’ll fit her.

Try this web site for more frequent updates

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Bob builders merchants keep wellies in stock
whats this about the jubilee river flood scheme ??
I gather the Gin and Jaguar set are nice and dry

Disgracefull Russ. You’ll be claiming that nobody gave a toss about poor poople flooding but when the rich are endangered then it becomes an emergency.You forget your place young whippersnapper.This is gods green and pleasant land I’ll have you know.
iandunmore2014-02-11 13:35:54

The problem with wellies from builder merchants is the string joining them together is too short!

The Jubilee channel is supposed to protect Maidenhead and everyone else can learn to swim.

well the rich will be allright
last time I was there it was wall to wall range rovers, they wont even need to get ther feet wet
hopefully this sun might help a bit
couple of my friends live near the river
visitors always ask why are your sockets so high !!
cos russ put em out of harms way

Well, I’m still getting away with it somehow. I reckon that’s it, can’t see us flooding now. The water level is almost right up to the 1947 high level, far higher than it was in 2003, when I was flooded out before. This to me is proof we were flooded deliberately to save another area. I’ve got no problem with that, just wish the authorities would be honest about it.

Honest !!!why the other day they blamed global warming !!

A week old Porche was written off over Christmas due to flooding about half a mile from here.Don’t know if it’s coincidence , but the respnse to the Thames flooding does seem to be a bit more immediate than it was in Somerset.

aha the funny handshake clubwe have the same hereone of my friends got his own back on them, but I will not put anyhting on a public forumsuffice to say the magistrates got to know there clients a little better !

Believe or not this was the exact flavour of topic on Jeremy Vine's radio 2 'phone-in show yesterday.

A couple of hours with Guy and Kate Wain delving into my T3 gearbox. One nasty and unexpected surprise which we’ll be fixing over the next few days.
Heat shield fitted to the NTX indicator which sits too close to the exhaust for comfort. A bit of tin bashing and matt black spray paint. No feasible point to re-site the indicator sadly.
All small steps to getting and keeping Guzzis on the road

Have fun
Steve