During my time in Grasmere I have seen a lot of rain but never like last Thursday. Never before in my life have I seen so much rain. It poured all night Wednesday night then continued throughout Thursday causing much flooding. The guesthouse I work at began to get flooded, the dining room, kitchen and some of the rooms were getting deeper and deeper underwater. I spent a lot of time wading through the large puddles to try and clear the drains and build water blocks with used towels and sheets to divert the water.
The roads entering Grasmere were blocked from each direction all day Thursday and most of Friday. Our food delivery vans could not get through and many of our weekend guests could also not get to Grasmere and therefore we cancelled the weekend group and had a a few unplanned days off. The rain did not ease much over the weekend which meant there wasn't a lot to do. So I spent the weekend watching movies and drinking at the pub.
Grasmere actually fared quite well in comparison to neighbouring towns such as Cockermouth and Workington where many homes were destroyed and bridges collapsed. The clean up in some towns will take years to complete. According to newspaper reports only once every thousand years do you get such a large amount of rain in such a short period.
It rains here nearly all the time at the moment. It is very rare to see blue sky and now the sun also sets just after 4pm and it is dark enough to see the stars by 4.30pm.
I am now in my final week in Grasmere, the Glenthorne Guest House closes tomorrow and I will leave a few days later on Monday. I am still not really sure where I will go, I will just wait and see what happens. I have enjoyed my time working at the guesthouse and living in Grasmere but I am ready to move on and start somewhere new.
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