top vid mate. im in Burneside just north of kendal & as the day drew to a close we thought we'd had it bad, that was untill we woke to the news next morning and all the attention had shifted to cockermouth & surounding area. it was a rare day indeed
It was pretty heartbreaking walking down Main Street afterward to see the heart had been ripped put of the town. So many businesses have taken the brunt of this it's incomprehensible. Imagine having an 8ft torrent of water forcing it's way down the main street in your town and taking everything in it's path with it. A lovely man lost his life in Workington trying to prevent people travelling over the bridge before it collapsed.
Really good footage. I'm doing a charity video this weekend for the flood victims and a local band are recording a single on saturday (tomorrow) which will be available on itunes on Monday.
I would like to put your coverage in the video, let me know how you feel about that. I'm just up the road in Gilgarran.
Our news coverage here in the States for the Cumbria flooding isn't particularly detailed - it was just mentioned in passing. I had no idea of the scale of the floods. Pretty serious stuff, huh? The 2006 floods in New Hampshire weren't even this bad. Eight feet of water, geez. I'll be thinking of you, and hoping things improve soon. And that there's no more rain!
cockermouth's claim to fame lol, i wouldent be stood on that bridge in the beginning and near that wall in the end it looked like it was ready to bust!
God....how surreal is that. My mother was trapped in our home and was airlifted and featured on BBC News. Thats the first I knew she was safe as I'd had not been able to get through to her for over 24 hours coz the lines were down. I last spoke to her when she was trying to move stuff upstairs and could hear the water rushing in.
Whilst we were walking around checking things out... I knew there was trouble ahead... we walked back into town and it was already started to flood... a little later I walked back to pick my daughter up from school and had to wade through the water which was up to my knees... once over the defenses that was it....
You were brave to stand on that bridge, I wouldn't.
rockyrickster 2 months ago
my house got flooded:(!
noobletthe1st 3 months ago
Good footage.
And well done for steering the sheep in the right direction.
jmeove 1 year ago
pfffft :S you can see my house on that video :)
BadImpacter 1 year ago
top vid mate. im in Burneside just north of kendal & as the day drew to a close we thought we'd had it bad, that was untill we woke to the news next morning and all the attention had shifted to cockermouth & surounding area. it was a rare day indeed
HedgehogChopper 1 year ago
good footage :-)
danstarone 1 year ago
1:06 is that house falling in the river ??
Beano212 1 year ago
not a house, its a tree mate!
trickyshot77 1 year ago
@trickyshot77 theres a little gray house in the background try from 1:03 and look
Beano212 1 year ago
It was pretty heartbreaking walking down Main Street afterward to see the heart had been ripped put of the town. So many businesses have taken the brunt of this it's incomprehensible. Imagine having an 8ft torrent of water forcing it's way down the main street in your town and taking everything in it's path with it. A lovely man lost his life in Workington trying to prevent people travelling over the bridge before it collapsed.
littlemissknowitall 1 year ago
Really good footage. I'm doing a charity video this weekend for the flood victims and a local band are recording a single on saturday (tomorrow) which will be available on itunes on Monday.
I would like to put your coverage in the video, let me know how you feel about that. I'm just up the road in Gilgarran.
jackypidgeon 2 years ago
No problem using the footage - best to contact me via my private messages on trickyshot77 so we can sort something out...
trickyshot77 2 years ago
10/10...amazing video man, you've caught a piece of history there.
1bigrealityshow 2 years ago
This is historical shooting on video - well done the best posting I have seen in a while !
SteveWilks68 2 years ago
good vid marra, its like summet out of a film. workingtons not as bad but its like a war zone
MrFred01900 2 years ago
look at it coming over the top of the wall, few hours later the wall had the river over it!
HSTHoward 2 years ago
Our news coverage here in the States for the Cumbria flooding isn't particularly detailed - it was just mentioned in passing. I had no idea of the scale of the floods. Pretty serious stuff, huh? The 2006 floods in New Hampshire weren't even this bad. Eight feet of water, geez. I'll be thinking of you, and hoping things improve soon. And that there's no more rain!
IncomingSanity 2 years ago
Great video,good work by the shepherd too rounding the sheep up :)
notmanynamesleft 2 years ago
Amazing, awesome! Must have been weird seeing that huge tree being carried along!
wobblejam 2 years ago
cockermouth's claim to fame lol, i wouldent be stood on that bridge in the beginning and near that wall in the end it looked like it was ready to bust!
Rick0rz 2 years ago
some great shots there, well done- scarey stuff!
rubberhuddy 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
it was really good
tunst1990 2 years ago
God....how surreal is that. My mother was trapped in our home and was airlifted and featured on BBC News. Thats the first I knew she was safe as I'd had not been able to get through to her for over 24 hours coz the lines were down. I last spoke to her when she was trying to move stuff upstairs and could hear the water rushing in.
MsNaomi74 2 years ago
Whilst we were walking around checking things out... I knew there was trouble ahead... we walked back into town and it was already started to flood... a little later I walked back to pick my daughter up from school and had to wade through the water which was up to my knees... once over the defenses that was it....
trickyshot77 2 years ago
Grate stuff!
WhichDoctor1 2 years ago
Well done
gmartin1985 2 years ago
Well done mate,
Best video I've seen of the flooding.
5 *****
MadJewelz 2 years ago