You are so right George, when I was a kid you would see the road sweeper and drain gully cleaner every month , you never see one now. My dad was on the farm all his life and after harvest they would be dredging ditches. Most roads have blocked drains so rain has nowhere else to go. About time the councils and Defra got their fingers out and got it sorted.
@charleshart6992
4 ай бұрын
Well said George - the people responsible have no idea!
@michaelbradley4552
4 ай бұрын
Like you said about building on flood plains, the big housing companies probably lining the pockets of the councils . The environment agency are bloody useless.
@fanfeck2844
4 ай бұрын
And who sells them the land?
@GeorgeSaunders
4 ай бұрын
Yes some farm land is sold by the farmer, a lot more is compulsory purchased though.
@johndeloughry4976
4 ай бұрын
😊
@robertsmith9810
4 ай бұрын
Know they do sometimes warn of floods and road closures due to floods
@gmartin8240
4 ай бұрын
Great video George, your right about the flood plains .Becoming smaller. The Belarus looking good in the flood water . Well done George 👍 🔧 🚜
@roberthiggins6401
4 ай бұрын
The guy in Hereford i think it was got a year i believe. Plus a very hefty fine. Fish will move and they filler stirred up water. Same as if there's a storm. No one should go to jail or be fined for sorting out a flooding problem or doing any sort of good turn!
@patkelly7999
4 ай бұрын
Good stuff George, yes there is some serious rain falling of late👌👍🙏🙂
@bobbrooks266
4 ай бұрын
Come the summer we'll have a water shortage hose pipe ban this country needs to find away to store some of it. Great video George as normal. Looking forward to seeing more. Regards to you all
@matthewparker2045
4 ай бұрын
Exactly! Thames water is building a new 150 million m3 reservoir that'll protect everybody on the Thames from just south of Oxford down to London. The rest of us will just have to lump it because our property values aren't high enough.
@DJC995
4 ай бұрын
Hi George You make a good point there Thanks again
@cheechU38K
4 ай бұрын
I think environment agency should look into underground reservoirs to collect water without flooding and use as power banks. We need to use the flooding water to help environment and build a national grid to supply drought areas and balance the supply.
@craigdoig9486
4 ай бұрын
9:03 great content again totally agree with developing on flood plains just turns into a concrete jungle and the water has no where to go
@sitandfish
4 ай бұрын
5:11 You can't get milk from a Stickleback. 👍
@colincampbell3679
4 ай бұрын
Sounds like George your farm needs to build water proof Flood protection back stepped retaining walls there in front of the cow sheds so next time a big flood happens the flood waters will not go in to the sheds as the walls will hold it back and force it away down stream. the cost be worth it to protect the farms stuff!
@kevinwillis9126
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the vid George.... Take care sir....
@seeker1432
4 ай бұрын
Good explanation George.
@paulcoomber4009
4 ай бұрын
Good video George and you're right about the floodplains.
@Ravenblade86
4 ай бұрын
That is a good point about building on flood plains reducing their capacity to hold water. The other issue is that concrete jungles don't hold any water back, that coupled with all the extra drainage to get water away from places just forces it downstream faster until it can find a release. That is also the reason that small scale dredging of natural waterways isn't the answer, and large scale dredging and canalisation brings other issues, plus how much more are we really willing to screw our natural environment? Definitely aren't any quick fixes, and some of them probably require some people to give up some maginal ground and a serious change in the way contruction projects etc. handle water management.
@tonymckeage1028
4 ай бұрын
Great Video George, There's nothing like blue sky flood, thanks for sharing
@WhiskeyGulf71
4 ай бұрын
My mind boggles at just how much more water would be needed to raise the level by another 10 inches over that area !
@michaellorio9774
4 ай бұрын
re bonjour George ici dans le pas de calais c est pareil , des fermes et des maisons 3 fois inonde en 2 mois , bon courage a toi pour la suite 😍👍👍👍
@bobpaterson1845
4 ай бұрын
Bloody environmental agencies need to have a long hard look at allowing rivers etc to be maintained an also planning consent for flood plains needs looking at 🤔 interesting video George 👍
@elroyelblander6277
4 ай бұрын
👍👍god damn environmental agencies need to be done away with...all they're out to do is write new bullshit laws,control people and make money...they could care less about the environment...least here in the U.S.
@fenlandrob6203
4 ай бұрын
Hi George, I live in Welney and there’s a 1 meter deep water on the road that goes through the village to Littleport but like you said if they opened the gates at Denver. The water would flow out to sea and the level of water where you are would drop overnight. Would be nice to see you hedge cutting as you make a fabulous job. Fenland Rob
@lol-vz8kd
3 ай бұрын
We have a spot that gets flooded but I'm so happy that it's never this bad and this big. A few other farms I've seen also have huge floodings.
@sandymcghee3328
4 ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@massey420
4 ай бұрын
Good explanation George
@Rambo42909
4 ай бұрын
Hello George that is some flood we ain’t nothing like that 8 mile up the road from us Northampton has had water like that keep up the good work look forward to the next video 👍👍
@jimconnolly3572
4 ай бұрын
There is a second option to dredging and that is strip topsoil back with a dozer, push the subsoil up to the river bank and push the topsoil back over it rising the height of the river bank
@ianhaggart1438
4 ай бұрын
Better get yourself a kayak with a motor to get about shortly. 😮.. housing has a fair bit to answer for.. stay safe 🏴
@user-rd7yo5ms2w
4 ай бұрын
Hi George, good video. Sorry i missed you at LAMMA you were a busy man 👍
@elroyelblander6277
4 ай бұрын
Looks like a mess man...i could get on a rant about environmental agencies,but probably shouldn't...hope it gets better for y'all.. take care 👍👍👊
@stephensmith4449
4 ай бұрын
Hi George we both have sum thing in common , we both have a river Idle running through the farm and it floods as well ? hear in North Notts
@mrvanahead
4 ай бұрын
Here in the Netherlands you have to compensate waterstorage for building or even concreting in your yard or other building projects (also for government projects). For instance we built a 1600m2 building and then there was a formula to say how many m3 of water storage you have to create. We could widen a ditch with half a meter for a length of 250 meters. At the time i found it "meh" but seeing this or Ollyblogs earlier i think it's not a bad rule. It makes for clear policies.
@gunton21
4 ай бұрын
Good video george
@robertsmith9810
4 ай бұрын
You are right about the flood plains back in 1980/90ts we took thousands of tons Potton asraised sand into the site wich became Bedford Tesco super store Riverfield DRIVE ,if i remember right Teaco stepped when the original owners sold out to Tesco probably for financial problems that piece of land probably held back thousands of gallons of water But you cant tax anyone for floods
@user-rw3yb2bl1j
4 ай бұрын
Yeah they did lock him up he's in trouble again for cutting down trees without permission he must like porridge 😂
@minkavleren
4 ай бұрын
that Belarus is becoming more and more of lawn ornament each time we see it 😛
@casto-
4 ай бұрын
We’re similar to you with a big river running past and a smaller tributary a bit further up. We’ve been flooded almost half the winter (since September/October) rivers been rising nearly 4m each time and slow to go down. The one that here now has been 3 days and just peeked, probably take 5 days to go 😩🤦♂
@GeorgeSaunders
4 ай бұрын
It's a pain in the arse mate
@casto-
4 ай бұрын
@@GeorgeSaunders sooner it fffsss off the better! Then we’re into a drought I think 🤣🤦♂️
@happyjoyjoy6976
4 ай бұрын
hello is this normal for your area? much love from the insane asylum also known as Australia
@rightthen.3243
4 ай бұрын
Do you think that silt brings nutrients on to the grass?
@leenewman4344
3 ай бұрын
Good video George, when will the idiots in charge realise the adverse effects of building on flood plains!
@samherbert1724
4 ай бұрын
There will be a hose pipe band in the summer 😂
@MrBodyBeautiful1962
4 ай бұрын
Bloody hell George...I hope you got 2 of every animal on that there farm...!!😂😂 🐶⛈️⛈️⛈️🛶
@philleeson7835
4 ай бұрын
Do you get any compensation for the flooded land or is it just one of them things you have to put up with
@GeorgeSaunders
4 ай бұрын
No nothing Phil 👍
@philleeson7835
4 ай бұрын
@@GeorgeSaunders bugga. That's not good. A lot of lost pasture in bad weather. Does the land recover very well.
@Gearoid35
4 ай бұрын
A lot of water there
@jwbfarmservices4696
3 ай бұрын
Big puddle like that looks like fun . You need an air boat george can you imagen
@GeorgeSaunders
3 ай бұрын
That'd be a good crack
@chrislovejoy8249
4 ай бұрын
Good video George stupid building on flood planes😊🚜
@mrtrusty101
4 ай бұрын
😮👍
@MrJonah53
4 ай бұрын
Where I used to live, they built on a flood plain, and installed pumps to take away any water. That works well, but now further down stream floods.
@harrysemmence5046
4 ай бұрын
I know I'm childish but all I can see now is huggy bear from starsky and Hutch wandering about with a pail bailing out floodwater 😅😅
@OutofTownwithRobinBell
4 ай бұрын
oh mate sorry to see your problem but this what I keep saying on my channel Stop building on farm land but there's loads of money building on a nice clear land than brown field sites
@fredharrowven1040
4 ай бұрын
Hi George , Sorry to see you are flooded again you will soon have to get yourself a boat ⛴️ so you can go out and see how your crops are doing not funny 😢ya , Well George you take care of yourself and stay safe.
@trevorsidley7697
4 ай бұрын
Anyone in Agri knows you have to dredge, something the woke EA fail to do. Put some soil in a 10L buck - you won't get 10L in it anymore.
@mikebauer9202
4 ай бұрын
Time to get the old girl going.
@johnhyde8892
4 ай бұрын
You could do with making the bank a bit higher, near the back of the sheds.
@GeorgeSaunders
4 ай бұрын
That is an option but we still need to access the ford to cross the river which is just behind the crawler
@kildare1773
4 ай бұрын
Put the wasters who are in charge of the drainage in jail instead of a farmer who does some river cleaning work
@milnetuk
4 ай бұрын
Geez George, the bloody AD video I just had was a pretty girl tells me how to keep my member hard , what the hell has happened to KZitem ADs , oh by the way great video 😊
@GeorgeSaunders
4 ай бұрын
😂 what have you been searching for!!😂
@matthewparker2045
4 ай бұрын
If only the EA and water companies could get their arses in gear and build some reservoirs, prevent floods and droughts with one stone, so to speak.
@LordMuck
4 ай бұрын
Once it reaches past the wiper motor, you'll have had a result with that f*cking thing 🤦🏻♂️
@user-ld6ik5qm4m
4 ай бұрын
Hello George. You'll soon be thinking about getting an ark on standby for the livestock to move into for safety from the flood waters. The E.A. or environment a**holes don't help the situation with their rules and regulations that make things worse rather than better. Scotland has its own as useless agency SEPA aka Scottish Environmental Pri*ks Agency who dictate rules and regulations on farmers in Scotland to make life harder and more difficult instead easier and better. They fined a poor farmer a few years ago for pollution after a water company sewage pipe going through his land burst and spilled out sewage. Not his pipe or his responsibility but he was the ONLY one fined for the pollution incident NOT the water company who were responsible SEPA are quick enough to blame and fine everyone for problems but they don't accept the blame or responsibility when there is a problem.
@svengranzow3702
4 ай бұрын
Hallo george its not easy to life flood plaint. The land in Germany where flooded when water is to high that the high water go away with the Time
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