The Kings Head
Upton Upon Severn - Worcestershire

This is a series of panoramic photographs

Looking towards the bridge, this is our local vet in the canoe! The gazebo on our aptly named River Terrace belonged to the pig roast man, all set up for the Blues Festival.

Taken from the first floor of the pub.

If you visit our Terrace and look at the right hand mooring pole you will see where the mooring rose with the flood water the metal wheels scratched and marked the pole, so without dispute that is the genuine flood height.

On Sunday 22nd July about 1:00pm

Whilst the terrace fence has changed the wall where we all like to sit on sunny days is still just visible.

This was the height of the flood.

The Conway Castle looks as if its about to come in through the window.

At this point the town is completely cut off!

All the riverside properties are empty with a lot of people having to be rescued by boat.

A plan is hatched to evacuate the Town!

Bridge House and the Stable Tea Rooms are not serving tea today!

But the river stopped rising at this point.

As you can see the water went a long way up the High Street, it just reached the front door of Ardarth House, the newsagents on the left as you look up the road.

So the plan was put on hold, Thankfully.

This is Claire and our three dogs being taken to safety by the river rescue team.

This was the 2007 Blues Festival Weekend!

If you notice the deep orange brown colour of the water, this is caused by the River Teme.

You must remember this is in July!!!

The water at this point has started to recede but you can still see the complete devastation caused to the river front.

Upton did not have a summer in 2007!

This is in June 2007 on the Monday of Jazz Festival weekend when the barriers were erected in time. I put this photo in just to remind everyone that has forgotten about the June floods!

BBC Panorama 6th August - Keeping Britain Dry

Keeping Britain Dry
The early summer of 2007 was the wettest in England and Wales since records began more than 240 years ago.

Figures covering the three months up to 23 July 2007 show the amount of rainfall was more than double the average.

On Monday 6th August 2007, Panorama asked how much the floods have cost the UK and how much more we would be prepared to spend to defend the country from future downpours.

Reporter Kate Silverton followed the River Severn from its source to the sea to find some of the most vulnerable areas to flooding.

This link takes you to the BBC web site and the Panorama programme screened on Monday 6th August 2007. Keeping Britain Dry http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/6927846.stm
Just copy & paste it into your browser.

Oh and I forgot to say that there is an excellent interview with Grahame by Kate Silverton, I think see fancied me!!!!! LOL.

Where the Rain Fell

This map shows the extent of the rainfall with little Upton being fairly much underneath the black dot in the middle!