Dave Throup

At Eastbourne.

Looking at the very impressive 9 mile long flood prevention programme, protecting over 18,000 homes.

Testing electric heavy plant today.

Total rainfall during 2026 in England is exactly where it should be.

But we’ve seen huge floods and severe drought conditions.

Climate change is bringing long predicted extremes.

Unfortunately we’re crap at managing water

We’d better up our game. It’s going to get much worse

Very nice week in Cornwall.

Highly recommend Cadgwith.

Beautiful cove and village and working fishing fleet.

Today I have mainly done sod all except look at a lively sea and the rain.

Highly recommended.

Nice map showing theoretically how long it takes rainfall in Welsh rivers to arrive at the sea.

From an hour or two to several days.

In reality, travel times on the Severn in particular can be much longer due to multiple peaks and tributary inputs.

By Robert Berry on LinkedIn