Rush Pond bursts its bank

Just when we thought it was all over, the rain returns for a rerun of the wet weather that we had during the winter. However, with the ground already saturated, the Rush Pond bore hole must be feeling rather overworked.

The formation of River Ashfield as Rush Pond bursts its bank

Today the pond decided enough was enough. With the continued heavy rain, the overflow pipe that feeds the lower Prickend Pond was unable to keep up with the volume of water coming its way and so the water has decided to take a different route – straight over the bank of Rush Pond that borders Ashfield Lane.

Then River Ashfield immediately bursts its bank

When the borehole was installed, those responsible said that it “...enabled a constant level of water to be maintained for the benefit of wildlife and residents alike.”

Well, the ducks obviously aren’t complaining as can be seen from the photo above but I expect that the residents of the house that has now had to be sandbagged would dispute the “constant level of water claim”.

Roll on summer!

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