Carnage on the roads today
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 3:44 PM
It's raining again today but it's more like a monsoon than just rain. As it is quite cold too I decided to put the fire on and work from home today.
I managed to get through all the wood in a couple of hours so decided to nip out to the garage to buy some more.
On my way down to the garage you would think that some huge natural disaster had hit the area:
On the hill down to Sabinillas there were four separate landslides blocking the road including a tree thrown across it. Further down I drove past someone's house; they had their front door open and water was gushing out like a river.
At the bottom of the hill there was a huge traffic jam and the main N340 was closed with the diverted traffic causing mayhem. Huge chunks have also lifted themselves from the road today leaving huge potholes.
All the back roads to Manilva were blocked due to severe flooding and broken roads. There had been two accidents too that I saw.
All of this within a kilometre radius of where we live.
I was very glad to get back in one piece, even if the whole trip took me over an hour (should have been 10 minutes) and I think we'll be staying in for the rest of the day now. At least it's nice and warm by the fire.