Country file & drainage/flooding

[Andyrob]

Is anyone watching countryfile?

Is it just me or did that guy just partially blame farmers for helping flooding?

But one thing to agree with is that there is too much red tape!

 

[JP1]

Common theme developing on BBC these days. Same on R4 the other day with their environment correspondent blaming land drainage for flash flooding. Nothing to do with building countless Legoland housing estates and soul-less distribution parks on the flood plains of Northamptonshire then

 

[Thick Farmer]

Land drainage doesn't cause flooding. Not dredging out the rivers is the main cause.

 

[Spud]

So can we clean the rivers ourselves then? Doesn't look like ea will. How can't that bit of concrete cost £17m?
Clipboard muppet telling us how not to flood? Do me a fecking favour, if the rivers that our dykes drain into we're capable of doing their job, the problem would be a tenth of what it is. 'we can tell the farmers what to do' patronising twot....

 

[Thick Farmer]

Cleaned my river out a few years back. The Countryside Council for Wales didn't like it - I got a police warning!

 

[ianw]

Drive past a lot of new housing developements and the rivers natural level is higher then the bedroom windows,of the houses built on the flood plain,then instead of having 20 acre of land to absorb the water there is 20 acre of roofs and concrete flushing it straight down the drain,which raises the river level and floods the flood plain/housing development

 

[Andyrob]

Cleaned my river out a few years back. The Countryside Council for Wales didn't like it - I got a police warning!

really?

 

[Thick Farmer]

really?

Yes. Apparently, if i do it again and they are successful in making a conviction then this will now make it worse!!

I will just do it in a 'little and often' style now so they don't notice...

 

[Thick Farmer]

I forgot to mention the 'Unlimited fine' I was also threatened with along with being told that the CCW 'owned' 1 metre of my land from the waters edge!

Turned out it was scaremongering and rubbish!

 

[Farmer Wally]

Yes. Apparently, if i do it again and they are successful in making a conviction then this will now make it worse!!

I will just do it in a 'little and often' style now so they don't notice...

and i bet the wildlife still lives on..! Well done.