Brains said:Wookey Hole has also flooded and degraded the Cheddar Gorge road causing it to be closed...
langcliffe said:Brains said:Wookey Hole has also flooded and degraded the Cheddar Gorge road causing it to be closed...
That must have been one hell of a flood.
Brains said:langcliffe said:Brains said:Wookey Hole has also flooded and degraded the Cheddar Gorge road causing it to be closed...
That must have been one hell of a flood.
http://darknessbelow.co.uk/news-cheddar-gorge-re-opens-after-major-repairs-following-storm-angus/
Brains said:Many moons ago Magpie Sough was blocked and the flood waters burst out the hillside causing a lot of mess, leading to the sough tail being rebuilt.
More reccently Stoney Middleton has seen flooding from Carlswark(?) or related cavities, closing the road and making a big muddy patch...
Wookey Hole has also flooded and degraded the Cheddar Gorge road causing it to be closed...
I am sure the last two have been discussed in depth on here, but former was pre-internet (so maybe it didnt really happen! )
langcliffe said:Brains said:langcliffe said:Brains said:Wookey Hole has also flooded and degraded the Cheddar Gorge road causing it to be closed...
That must have been one hell of a flood.
http://darknessbelow.co.uk/news-cheddar-gorge-re-opens-after-major-repairs-following-storm-angus/
But water from Wookey Hole?
Brains said:On reflection I am probably confusing it with Goughs Cave, not being a local and being in possesion of decaying grey matter is my only defense...
langcliffe said:Brains said:On reflection I am probably confusing it with Goughs Cave, not being a local and being in possesion of decaying grey matter is my only defense...
Well, I have never been south of Skipton, and I am now too old to have even that ambition...
But from what I remember the flooding was caused by surface runoff. Longwood Valley Sink became blocked and couldn't take the water, so it ran past into the gorge. Ali Moody and friends cleared the blockage. So in this case, it is demonstrated that caves can actually prevent flooding.