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Title: Flanders is drowning
Post by: boogyman on January 19, 2015, 06:04:27 PM
Over the last few weeks we've had a lot of precipitation, so one expects a lot of water out there. But this much? These pictures (https://plus.google.com/photos/106284340491436532794/albums/6105378214836794369?authkey=CJX3gYP20oWwkAE) are taken not so far from where I live, while hiking last Saturday. Admitted, the area is called "riverland", but still...
Title: Re: Flanders is drowning
Post by: Locus on January 20, 2015, 10:38:07 PM
Looks familar. My area has been suffering badly with flooding in the last few years and in some areas it still has not recovered. Because I live in the lowlands, the rights of way trails we can go on also become unpleasant at this time of year too, because everybody is funneled onto the same routes - horses, bikers, hikers. It creates a stamp, slice and stomp effect that turns trails into muddy porridge and particulary across farmland around gates where cattle have been, it can be like traversing a swamp ;D
Title: Re: Flanders is drowning
Post by: Locus on January 20, 2015, 10:40:39 PM
In particular, the terrain on this photo (https://plus.google.com/photos/106284340491436532794/albums/6105378214836794369/6105379139193034210?authkey=CJX3gYP20oWwkAE&pid=6105379139193034210&oid=106284340491436532794) from your gallery.
Title: Re: Flanders is drowning
Post by: boogyman on January 24, 2015, 09:31:27 AM
In particular, the terrain on this photo (https://plus.google.com/photos/106284340491436532794/albums/6105378214836794369/6105379139193034210?authkey=CJX3gYP20oWwkAE&pid=6105379139193034210&oid=106284340491436532794) from your gallery.
There are indeed whole stretches of paths which look like that, after all the rain and snow we had.

But, and there's a good chance you had not noticed that, this here (https://plus.google.com/photos/106284340491436532794/albums/6105378214836794369/6105378233911895634?authkey=CJX3gYP20oWwkAE&pid=6105378233911895634&oid=106284340491436532794) is also "the path". There's more than 20 cm water on it, over a length of more than hundred meters...