Hi folks,
We are going to have to grow webbed feet. By my reckoning it has rained for 36 hours straight. Fortunately we are now into showers. We awoke this morning after hearing the rain fall constantly all night. By the nearest reckoning we have had around 100mm since it started.
I looked out the door this morning to see we were cut off from the house by a stream via our normal route. The reason being the little dam had overflowed it's wall with the 4 " storm water pipe being unable to cope with the run off.
We have found the constant wetness quite wearying. However whilst it is showering as I type this things are looking better. We need a sunny day to dry the moisture from inside the canvas and outside for that matter. We are still mopping up water coming through our door and the edge of the bottom sleeping bag once again has a damp spot. However given the amount of rain I am pretty happy with the way the canvas has held up. Plus I have my seam sealer and waterproofing compound to apply with gay abandon once we have some sun. It's a pity we don't have an electric blow heater. I would run an extension lead to the house and have it roaring away to dry us out.
The weather made things difficult today. Susan did some tidying and cleaning inside. After I slugged through the mud to feed the critters I spent the day twisting up wire ties and ended up installing 15 at least partially, since I couldn't remove the plastic to complete the job. Tomorrow finish installing and tensioning th ties and make the window frames.
Carl sent me up the back into the badlands to have a look at the swale that catches water and feeds it to the dam to see if I could divert it around the dam since the water flowing down the yard was overflow over the bank. I couldn't make head or tail of it in the dense undergrowth except for where water seemingly bubbled out of a pipe in the ground to feed the dam. In my travels I thought I saw something around the 4" overflow pipe inlet. I fished around with my shovel and found a tortoise. It had apparently become stuck in the opening due to the suction. I placed it away from the pipe on the edge of the pond. It was a bit tired. The water rushed out faster and as the rain decreased the flood subsided.
Night all
Simon
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