Most of the television coverage has shown the river Derwent in flood. We live next to the river Cocker which empties into the Derwent just below Cockermouth castle and Jennings Brewery.
Hence the name of the town !
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This was mid afternoon on Thursday.
The river Cocker had just started to spill onto the lane. We have never seen this happen before !
This was Friday lunchtime
Overnight the river had risen about 5 feet higher than this and when it started to recede took with it nearly all the blackthorn and hawthorn hedge .
It is impossible to assess the safety of the road yet. The river needs to drop about another 12 feet or so before that will be possible.
This is the only we we can drive to our house so guess we are confined to barracks at the moment.
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