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Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: July 23 2007, 14:06 Hey everyone! Are the UK fans here doing OK over there with the flooding? I am a bit worried when I just saw the news... How about Mike etc? Isn't he living in Gloucester? I do understand most of the flooding is over there. Hope the Manor is doing OK too, since Oxford is another target. -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

Moonwing_Shadow Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: Jan. 2006 Posted: July 23 2007, 14:37 Where I am there's been tons of rain (or should I say gallons ) over the last seven weeks or so, but I think most of the flooding was in Sheffield and maybe other parts of Yorkshire...maybe it was in other places too, I'm not sure... (I've been caught in some heavy rain a few times to and from work on my bike ) -------------- I'd rather be on Dragonback Back to top

The Big BellEnd Group: Members Posts: 971 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: July 23 2007, 16:19 I work outdoors and must say this has got to be the wettest summer I've known. I live in the north east of England and compared to other parts of the country we're doing ok. To all the area's that are suffering you have got my sympathy, it must be really bad to get caught up in this misery, I feel so sad for those who are unfortunate enough to be at the mercy of the weather right now throughout the UK. -------------- I, ON THE OTHER HAND. AM A VICTIM OF YOUR CARNIVOUROUS LUNAR ACTIVITY. Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: July 23 2007, 17:12 I've seen also on the telly here,that the 2 most important rivers in the UK(Thames and Severn) are suffering with the flood.In Mike's case...afaik,river Severn is on the area where he lives now,but I do think he lives in an area which doesn't have flooding troubles   Hope that the UK friends are fine there,it's too bad when the flood is in front of you! -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

bee Group: Members Posts: 1227 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: July 24 2007, 18:16 Well that's so nice of people across the world to wonder how we're getting on in the UK re flooding etc. I too have been thinking of Mike ~ hope he is quite dry & flood free. The weather here this summer has been p a n t s, there's no other word for it. I too work outside and it normally doesn't bother me in the slightest, wind, rain, hail, snow, burning sun, but this year I am in danger of contracting trench foot. It would be so nice to have a warm dry week, and I live in East Anglia which has been fine in comparison to the dreadful conditions in Yorkshire and Herefordshire/Gloucestershire. So I do count myself lucky. But thankyou for your concern! -------------- ....second to the right and straight on till morning.... You heard me before Yet you hear me again Then I die Till I call me again Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: July 25 2007, 03:22 Like Bee, I've seen nothing of the flooding - no problems up here in the northwest. But the weather has been 'difficult'. I've been waiting for a fine day to walk a piece of Hadrian's Wall, and I keep waiting and waiting for a clear, dry day where I won't be wading through mud .... But the devastation around the Thames and Severn valleys is terrible, to judge from the pictures I've seen. On the plus side, we are getting some incredibly beautiful skies just now in the breaks between rain - Constable would have been in his element. Back to top

CuNimb Group: Members Posts: 222 Joined: July 2003 Posted: July 25 2007, 05:18 Bit damp round the edges and some routes to work have seen some flooding. Quite lucky really, some local towns have been quite bad. Best wishes to all those who have been flooded out, and thanks to those who have been worried about us.   -------------- Happy? ha ha ha.... Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: July 25 2007, 05:44 Quote (The Big BellEnd @ July 23 2007, 22:19) I work outdoors and must say this has got to be the wettest summer I've known. I live in the north east of England and compared to other parts of the country we're doing ok. To all the area's that are suffering you have got my sympathy, it must be really bad to get caught up in this misery, I feel so sad for those who are unfortunate enough to be at the mercy of the weather right now throughout the UK. i do live in Norway and they say the same here. Whole july have been a raining month.. To much!!! But of course, nothing is damage, and that is good. I feel with them who is hostage of extrem weather.. have anybody seen the man in the rain? -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: July 25 2007, 12:31 Here in july is not typical to have much rain,but nowadays it's been raining a lot really...and some people think that this excess of rain should have been one of the main causes of that horrible airplane accident in Brazil last week(and it was in my city,where I live). I saw on the telly here that Oxford is suffering a lot with the flood,'cause the level of river Thames is too high! -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: July 25 2007, 16:34 Haven't been affected too badly here, but I know Yorkshire was badly hit last month, and Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, and parts of Warwickshire were amongst the worst hit areas. The River Thames flooded parts of Oxfordshire, and Berkshire, I think Reading was likely to be hit in the early hours of Tuesday morning.   I don't think Warwickshire has seen flooding on this scale, the River Avon , burst it's banks at Stratford. I know my boyfriend had spent the past two nights on patrol in a 4x4, rescuing workers from flooded sites. -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

Velodynamic Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: June 2006 Posted: July 25 2007, 17:33 Quote (Blue Dolphin @ July 23 2007, 20:06) How about Mike etc? Isn't he living in Gloucester? At an other forum a youngster living south of Gloucester writes this... "Yep, he does, probably in the Forest Of Dean and I don't think that's too bad..." Darn, I hope his instruments haven't been all soaked up over there. But I would guess that he's got a pretty good incurance and places to run. The more badly I feel if there're ppl loosing everything they have.   -------------- "...I've never seen a connection between music and politics. It's like trying to connect football with croquet." -M.O. Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: July 26 2007, 06:07 Well, good to hear that most of us is doing fine, despite the weather. And also of Mike. Alan --> I've been at Hadrian's Wall in 2000 I think. It was back then one of the warmest summers. Still have the video tapes. Was  on of the best holidays I've had! Hope you can visit them these days. Here in the Netherlands it has been mostly rain too. -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: July 26 2007, 06:42 Quote (Blue Dolphin @ July 26 2007, 11:07) I've been at Hadrian's Wall in 2000 I think. It was back then one of the warmest summers. Still have the video tapes. Was  on of the best holidays I've had! Hope you can visit them these days. Yes, it's a wonderful wild, sweeping landscape and I'm not surprised you enjoyed yourself. I've visited the wall several times (it's about a 2 hour drive from home), but have never actually walked a good long stretch of it, and that's what I have the urge to do. But the elements are still against me: the rain is lashing against the window as I write this! I hope this doesn't mean yet more flooding for those already in difficulties. Back to top

Deadcalm Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 752 Joined: Nov. 2004 Posted: July 26 2007, 08:03 I live 3 miles from the Severn at Bewdley where the Council were taking the "Flood Barriers Down !!" yesterday due to the risk of them being pinched for there high scrap value apparently   lol.. need a big truck for that !!  River still full though powering its way into Worcester spilling on to the Cricket and horse race venues  .. Raining again today so plenty more of hassle to come i guess for the Week ahead..TV were down in Bewdley last night as the whole Bank with the Steam Railway on it is cracking up threatening to Collapse and push a few mobile homes into the River..Wondered why it was Taped off yesterday..Nice little Cafe in "Upton on Severn" by the River.. guess its 6 foot under now judging by the TV pics..Seems in vogue to own Homes by Water fronts these days .. Perhaps this will halt the trend !! Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: July 26 2007, 08:26 Quote (Deadcalm @ July 26 2007, 13:03) Nice little Cafe in "Upton on Severn" by the River.. guess its 6 foot under now judging by the TV pics.. Last year in late summer, I was sitting outside a pub in Upton, by the river, drinking a pint of beer on a mild evening at the end of a warm day. Impossible to contemplate what it must be like at the moment. Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: July 26 2007, 15:48 Quote (Deadcalm @ July 26 2007, 12:03) I..Nice little Cafe in "Upton on Severn" by the River.. guess its 6 foot under now judging by the TV pics..Seems in vogue to own Homes by Water fronts these days .. Perhaps this will halt the trend !! Yep much as I love the element of water, I think if I move I'll be looking for a home that's on a hill   . -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

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