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Just behind these trees lies my little house! In fact, the dark shape of the roof of my bungalow is just about visible amidst all the foliage. It was quite a surprise to find my own little bit of the country posted in a blog, but flattering nevertheless. I would just like to point out the 'Mere' which lies among the trees is actually just a bit of flooded land due to neglect of culverts and or drains. Please, do read on . . .

Calveley, Cheshire County Council, Leverhulme Estates, Flooding . . . .

This entry is to highlight the nightmare of living next to flooding land which in turn floods on to your own property.

So what causes the flood? A blocked drain.
So why doesn't the owner of the drain clear it? Ah, that's the problem, no one is willing to admit to owning the drain!

It may be owned by Cheshire County Council, or by Leverhulme Estates. However, because no one knows the true path which the drain takes, no one can be sure who owns it. Furthermore, if indeed the blockage was located, and that blockage happened to be in a 'piped road-side ditch', then still the local council say it's not their's, but is the land owner's. The land owner of course refutes this, saying it's the Council's!

Meanwhile, the area of land which is flooded, has water dumped into it by the Council from surface road-drains each time it rains. How rude is that! The Council know they are contributing to the water on the land which in-turn then inundates my own property, yet they're not prepared (as I write 19/07/07) to remedy the situation. Furthermore, the land owners (Leverhulme Estates) whose land is flooding on to mine because of this blocked drain, are also providing no help in sorting their flooded land.

All of these details are available, which photos etc, on the web site:
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Blub, blub!!