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The great rains and snow of 2001 |
27-11-25 |
February 2001 was unprecedentedly WET over England & Wales.
Please note these pictures are in track order they may not be in date order.
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On the left you can just about see the roofs of the club house and workshop. |
The outer track towards the bridge & the water flume on the side of Waterside. |
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| February 2001 was unprecedentedly WET over England & Wales. At Herstmonceux (East Sussex) 1154mm fell in this period compared with a mean of 426mm." This represents some 270% of the average, and indicates how the highly notable wet weather has been concentrated across southern UK.
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The first bent after leaving the station. |
The outer loop towards the bridge. |
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| The 12 months from April 2000 to March 2001 in the England & Wales precipitation (EWP) series is the WETTEST such 12 month period in that record (starts 1766) with a total=1355 mm; this is not far short of 1.5 times the 1961-1990 average.
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(EWP) = England and Wales Precipitation |
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The fence where we now have tree cover making it a tree tunnel. |
Looking backwards from the last one |
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| For parts of SE England, the anomaly is probably well in excess of 200% and current thinking is that this may be an event that has not occurred for many centuries! The 24 month period ending March 2001 was the WETTEST in the EWP series. Prolonged heavy snowfall affected eastern Scotland & NE England 3rd to 5th. Shetland, Fife, Tayside & Aberdeenshire amongst worst affected.
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The bend around the raised track |
The right hand tracks looking homeward. |
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| A train (15 pax & crew) was trapped by snowdrifts in the north of Scotland (en-route to Wick), electricity was cut-off to roughly 11000 households after snow & high winds brought down power lines,
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Looking at the bus stop beyond our tracks. |
Looking towards the roundabout with the bus stop on the right |
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| many roads closed and an Inverness to Edinburgh train was de-railed (nr. Killiekrankie) after it hit a tree brought down by gales. Many schools closed.
A depression moved slowly south-eastwards across the British Isles during the 26th & 27th & snow fell heavily across Scotland & N. Ireland,
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The inner turntable and tree's behind. |
"NOT A CLUE" have you? |
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drifting in the strong wind. Once again, reports indicated that transport was severely disrupted. Large accumulations south of the border were confined to Northumberland, Durham & North Wales.
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The great thaw 2001 |
27-11-25
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