A flash flood hits Castleton | Storm Babet hits the High Peak causing floods and disruption

Storm Babet hit the high peak in Castleton yesterday causing Peakshole water to burst its banks and flood the area. it is the highest water level seen in 40 years. It became a raging torrent flooding the village in several areas including Mill Bridge, Spital Bridge and the main road near the visitor centre.
Locals were having to sandbag their properties and use pumps to try and get rid of the water.
I went for a wander to capture this extreme weather and here is my film as I went to various locations around the village including the Devils Arse the source of Peakshole water.
A lot of the Peak District has been effected by this extreme rainfall.
Thoughts are with those affected and I hope they haven't suffered too much.

[@paulinedixon3490]

It’s heartbreaking seeing peoples lives turned upside down. Hope all the locals are safe

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Yes all safe and the waters have receded luckily

[@markwaller3644]

That's dramatic..feel sorry for the people who's homes have been flooded. Hope everyone is looking after each other.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks, they're all pulling together with sandbags etc, fortunately not the entire village flooded but thoughts are with those who were affected

[@adrianbellemy4420]

Stay safe everyone

[@winniepeg2020]

It's an adventure lol

[@Annie4Always]

Unbelievable! Heart wrenching! Such a beautiful area! May God bless, protect, comfort & strengthen all the dear folks who have been affected by this devastating storm, both in England & throughout the UK! Thank you for sharing! Blessings to you!

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks you too much appreciated

[@Annie4Always]

@@thepeakdistrictviking You're welcome! Blessings to you!

[@USERNAMEfieldempty]

Ummm.... God sent the rain in the first place? Didn't he?

[@Annie4Always]

@@USERNAMEfieldempty Ummm! Well, yes, God created water, period, in various forms, including rain. We would get very thirsty & die without it! I guess certain folks don't consider that though in their cynicism. God also sent a Rainbow as His promise to the world! But, now, we need to keep our eyes on the ball! Which is the tragedy of the dear folks who have been affected by this terrible storm.That was the material point of my original Comment! Not for certain people to play some anti God blame game! Which I now see seems to be a pattern of certain Commentators' Replies under comments about Praying & God?? Praying for those dear folks certainly beats doing that! Cynicism: When someone smells the beautiful scent of lovely flowers...and looks around for coffin. Indeed!

[@carriageofnoreturn.1881]

@@USERNAMEfieldemptyI’m not sure, but you’ll probably find it isn’t God who’s neglected to dredge the rivers and keep the ditches clear, that’s the local Council. But it might be God who built housing estates on flood plains. No, wait, wasn’t that the short-sighted, some might say greedy, developers? I’m as confused as the next bloke to be honest.

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

That's so sad to see Stu. I hope that you and yours stay safe and I'll be keeping away for a week or so until this subsides. So sad. Thanks for sharing.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks, luckily we are higher up. It's subsided today so that's the worst of it now

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

@thepeakdistrictviking glad to hear. Let's hope that is the last of the bad weather. I bet Kinder Downfall was massive, but I'll definitely keep away for a week. I don't want to be sinking in it. Everywhere will be really boggy. I don't mind getting wet on a hike, but I won't go out in that sort of weather. Have a great weekend, Stu.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling totally agree although part of me would love to see the downfall in this weather 🤣🤣🤣

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

@@thepeakdistrictviking absolutely 😂

[@kal9001]

Around Barnsley/South Yorkshire there's places flooded that don't normally flood, but all the usual places around here on the Dearne have been quite normal. Elevated sure... but certainly nowhere near as bad as I've seen in the last few years. Not much you can do to stop flash flooding, random fields and undulations getting full of a few feet, or just the run off so thick it itself is the flood. But clearly the councils around here, Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster and others down river must have kept a decent enough job on to stop the worst of it. Problem is, rather than fix the drains, culverts and water ways, it's far cheaper to just do nothing and throw your hands up and blame climate change.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Totally agree, here it's straight out the cave into the village so no much can be done. It disappears very quickly

[@Geoff-n1d]

Fixing drains and clearing culverts dredging rivers would have very little effect in mitigating flash spate flooding from intense rain fall that is a fact

[@TheMatlockBiker]

Wow, thanks for sharing Matlock is much the same, but we’re also suffering rain water running off Matlock Back flooding the Town, apart from the risk of the Derwent breaching it’s banks

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

I read that Ladybower might overflow which will add to the issues. Hope you're safe and sound

[@isme7590]

Sorry to hear this sad news…We always take two holidays each year at Castleton. We are always made so welcome and we know the village as much as we know our own. Stay safe 👍

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thank you, it is a beautiful place. Luckily the flood stopped overnight and the damage minimal really.

[@jameslangston3903]

We visited Castleton a month ago a lovely village. It was a wet day then, had a great meal in The Castle. Great chat with the old boy in the garage a real character, bought a book off him too. Hope you recover from this flooding, similar scenes here in Worcestershire.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thank you, he is a character thay gentlemen, one of many here 🤣 the floods have stopped now thankfully

[@jameslangston3903]

@@thepeakdistrictviking Floods on main A road here stopped me riding my motorbike to our Training School. Luckily I got to work today but River Avon burst its banks now!!

[@joshtaylor2594]

Take care please 🙏 My heart ❤️ goes out to all affected

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thank you, fortunately all are safe and the waters have retreated now

[@kakprat]

Great footage. Thanks for braving the elements so we don't have too.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@bill-2018]

Keep concreting over land building roads and houses so water can't soak in or get away.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Exactly, not the issue here as its an underground river thay surfaces in the cave in the village

[@IamNasman]

I dont think this is caused by concreting over anything , judging by the deep gorge the river is flowing through, i think its been flowing along there before there was concrete. I think the issue is the massive amount of water that fell in a short time.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

@IamNasman it was exactly that. Its a subterranean water source that flows out of a cave and through the village. As you rightly say it was the sheer volume in a short space of time

[@bill-2018]

@@IamNasman But more concrete means the rain has only one place to go and that's into the river.

[@davidlloyd3116]

Awful seeing such a beautiful town flooded like that. I love Castleton, great pubs, great walks, lovely blue john jewellery stores.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thankfully the waters have gone now so hopefully not too much damage

[@malcolmabram2957]

I used to live in Castleton, in the 1970s, and worked at the Hollowford training centre. Never saw this. Incredible. I now live in Norfolk. Saying that I regularly drive along a road with a ford and even in wet weather it is dry. Not yesterday, the ford, like your video, was a fast flowing river with a width of about 20 metres, never seen it anyway like that. No way did I drive through. Thanks for sharing.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks a lot.of the locals have said they've seen nothing like it either. Glad you liked it

[@TheRealWindlePoons]

Thanks for posting this. I have visited Castleton a number of times over the years (family members involved with the TSG). Its truly shocking to see the place like this. Hope you are all safe and get the damage fixed soon.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thank you, the waters have receded now and nobody was hurt

[@bobbostock6330]

Stay safe mate hope things improve soon 🤞

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks, we're OK, amazingly.its virtually back.to normal today!!!

[@suethomson152]

My heart goes out to all involved. Your beautiful village. Thank you for this vid, Being from Buxton I have tried to find footage but not much available. Now living in NZ it’s so hard to see the devastation all round UK.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Cheers, all back to normal ish now, NZ is a great part of the world!

[@HopeSprings33]

The river that snakes through Bradwell 2 miles away cut off our Village yesterday river burst It's banks at Soft Water Lane "houses flooded" and at Brough. It's passable now.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Glad it's OK over there now. The water levels seem to have dropped as quickly as they rose

[@peakyplodders]

Bloody hell. Some rain that. Similar down Beresford Dale. Its not been that bad for 40 years or more

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Yeah it's been all over the peaks. Luckily it's calmed down today. Hope you're OK over there mate

[@peakyplodders]

@@thepeakdistrictviking OK over here. Popped to Buxton earlier for some shopping 🤣🤣 absolutely rammed with people

[@leeholden8658]

Really feel for you all. We’ve visited the area a few times this year and used the car park at the visitors centre. We even walked past your house too as we stopped at the old tree in the square. Fingers crossed the waters don’t get any worse for you.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks, you should have popped in for a cuppa 🤣🤣🤣 luckily the waters have receded and didn't effect us as we're higher up

[@another3997]

I've certainly never seen anything like that in Castleton before. I've been there many times, in every season, and it's always been contained. Fingers crossed nobody gets injured and not too much property damage.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks, luckily the waters dropped as quick as they rose and all OK the next day

[@BikepackingAdventures]

Was bikepacking last weekend around the Peak District, in particular Howden Reservoir, absolutely need the rainfall! The problem is we just do not need it all in such a short space of time.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Very true, although this year has been a lot better than last

[@ashpollen65]

Everytime I point out that the skies are sprayed heavily 1-2 days prior to these 'flash' floods, I get called a lunatic. Your choice folks, your choice. I hope one day you ALL wake up to what is truly going on!! God bless.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

That's one viewpoint I suppose. We're all entitled to our own views

[@lindadobson9854]

I’m worried about the drainage, it’s really old and hasn’t grown with the rise in population…..as too the infrastructure 😮

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

That's part of it but also the sheer amount of rain in such a short time, we're not used to that

[@serinadelmar6012]

I would worry more and act on the climate emergency.

[@pdtech4524]

The incredible power of nature.... I've been down Peaks Cavern.....wouldn't like to be down there when it's in flood!😲😳 Also been down speedwell cavern and that has a lot of water in it when it's dry in summer ☀️

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Me too and no I wouldn't either.

[@atrampinthehills.841]

Certainly smashing the views on this one mate

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks mate, shame it was under such circumstances

[@sheilabutcher776]

I still feel that idiots that cause wash when driving though floods should be fined. They have no comprehension of what added grief they cause. . Hope your property was fine.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Totally agree on the idiot drivers. We were lucky as higher up the village, others were not so fortunate, however it has all subsided now fortunately

[@andrewbradbury4433]

Sadly these idiot drivers who don't realise the trauma they cause, probably don't particularly care, some people are just too stupid to even think about it. It should be a driving offence, but I doubt it will ever happen. Unless of course it affects a government minister or two!

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

@andrewbradbury4433 sadly I have to agree seems to be the way of the world these days

[@tubecated_development]

There thinking about there engines they have to make a bow wave to get thru. Everybody is selfish these days they’re just trying to get to work

[@andybirchenall1113]

Compared to that amount of rain etc a bit of wash from an idiot driver as you call them would be rather insignificant i fear😢

[@stevelathwell4606]

Lovely little village spent hours walking around there

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

We're very lucky to live. Fortunately the waters have subsided today

[@dellaleddy9711]

It's sad seeing my favourite place flooded like that. So sorry fir the people affected. 😢

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks, luckily the floods disappeared as quickly as they appeared

[@johnsteed9083]

Great vid, thank you Stuart. "Look at that fucker..." David Attenborough eat your heart out....

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

I say it how it is 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pamelaselway6669]

I noticed but surely you have a better command of the English language????

[@spaceforgrace3312]

@@pamelaselway6669 I don't think he gives f**k but didn't realise people in Castleton swore so much!

[@helenworrall8273]

I've only just seen this I'm Derbyshire born and bred but there now, this is heartbreaking. Hope you're all safe. 😔❤️

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks, yes nobody hurt and floods passed very quickly

[@andrewdaley5480]

Wonder what speed that water was going near the bridge. 🇬🇧

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

I know it wasn't half moving some

[@simpedros4766]

Hopefully the locals will start backing the stopping of burning in the hills for grouse moors. Then more water gets absorbed up there and water doesn’t rush down so quickly causing these floods

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thats a sensitive topic 🤣🤣

[@harryjones5260]

all the bridges we see washed away by floods, yet everyone still goes and stands on them

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Crazy, these Bridges are solid and have been here for 100s of years so I was reasonably confident I was OK 🤣🤣

[@harryjones5260]

they are there for hundreds of years until they are not@@thepeakdistrictviking

[@harryjones5260]

and your still setting a bad example@@thepeakdistrictviking

[@karenmoakes]

​@@harryjones5260As one who knows Castleton extremely well I am 100% in agreement with @thepeakdistrictviking. There are structures that are still standing that have been through a lot worse than this storm. Somebody not from the area should not be lecturing those who are.

[@thevigarfeeling]

Oh wow !!! That is a lot of rain eeeekkk! We can’t believe how quick that water is flowing. We really hope it stops soon

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks, it's subsided a lot today so hopefully that's the worst of it

[@1258-Eckhart]

I went to school the other side of the Peak District (North Staffordshire) in the 1960's and nearly every year, the River Churnet would burst its banks like this. However in our village, it had a big floodplain to spill over into, and no properties were ever affected.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

That was lucky, they could do more of that. That's a lovely area too

[@1258-Eckhart]

It was known as "the Rhineland of North Staffordshire". Unfortunately, Mr. Beeching stole our railway off us.

[@CheshireCat6639]

Ty for sharing ❤

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

You are so welcome

[@stephenoliver1437]

Absolutely terrible destruction awful here in Lincolnshire we have been very fortunate and lucky take care Derbyshire folk

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thank you, luckily it subsided rapidly overnight

[@annwornell7510]

All I can say is I hope everyone and their pets are able to keep safe. Bless you all.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Luckily all are OK and river is back to normal ish levels now. Amazing how quick it subsided

[@BeasleyStreet]

Been to a few a gigs at the Devil's Arse, to see it like this and the surrounding area doesn't make for good viewing, wishing all locals and loved ones stay safe...

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thank you, all back to normal now so the Halloween cinema fest in the cave will hopefully still go ahead

[@suzannehaigh4281]

Yorkshire folks, they will survive with their true grit and used to fending for themselves, Stay strong and remember You are Yorkshire Folks.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

It in Derbyshire but similar Grit. Thanks

[@stephnewman1357]

Oh that's so scary! Poor people, hope they are somewhere safe. 😮

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Yes thanks they are, luckily the waters subsided overnight

[@gringotom242]

Wow i live just over the hill from castleton and had no idea it was this bad!

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Fortunately all over but not seen the like of it in 40 years apparently

[@dawsonelizabeth6901]

Is this Castleton North Yorkshire Or Castleton Derbyshire

[@fatladattheback8642]

Derbyshire

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Derbyshire

[@stewartandersonjoinery5832]

Its unfortunate weather, i hope everyone down there are ok. I live in aberdeenshire and there are roads flooded up here too, keep safe!

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks I think you had it much worse up there.

[@Starrynite11]

Wow! Hope everyone is safe. ❤

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thank you, yes it's all back to normal now

[@deirdremccarthy7890]

Unfortunately here in Ireland we know exactly the disruption of storm bebet. In my town of midletion 4 rivers bursts there banks and flooded the town. Families have lost their business homes and cars .

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

So sorry to hear that, it sounds awful. Thoughts are with you all

[@CosgroveNotts]

The joys of living near a nice stream

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Unfortunately so, doesn't happen often but when it does!!!

[@ceanothus_bluemoon]

Never seen Castleton looking like this. Appalling for anyone affected. So sad to see.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thank you, luckily it's stopped overnight and nobody hurt

[@simongilbert2704]

that river is dangerously fast ,hope people are not too flooded ;;

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Luckily it's subsided today, there was some flooding but its gone now. It was going at a hell of a rate!!

[@wimcolet]

Just on time back home. Now hope on fast recovery

[@wimcolet]

Just let see my wife. Se say where are the ducks. Also small one's. And the swans.... lol 😆

[@margaretdrew2844]

This is horrendous. I am from Devon we have had some flooding . So sorry for the villagers .

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thank you, hope you are OK there too

[@MsSmartmonkeee]

Definitely was wellies weather!

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Definitely or a boat !!!

[@lukepollard2202]

So unusual they couldn't be arsed to move the outdoor furniture

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Probably a second home

[@eddieharris6004]

A friend who last year purchased a new build property has recently discovered the area can be vulnerable to flooding, is now considering selling....should have spoken to locals beforehand.

[@simonbaxter8001]

Should have come up on the solicitors or mortgage lenders local search!

[@eddieharris6004]

@@simonbaxter8001 believe was a cash purchase....perhaps the solicitor was lax?

[@MrCSutton]

I'm not sure which mistake was worst. Buying in an area that floods, or buying a new build!

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Totally agree, it's a minefield nowadays

[@elizaann1888]

Hope every one keeps safe, so sorry for your troubles. Having said that, what excellent quality this video is, a chance to see somewhere I'll never get to visit, perhaps when times are better you can be persuaded to do a longer one.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks it alls subsided now, I will do one of the village at some point

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thank you, luckily it has subsided somewhat now

[@lindadobson9854]

You should see it in the summer! Beautiful!!

[@elizaann1888]

I wish! @@lindadobson9854

[@nomorewars1366]

This is what happens when the waterways in this country are no longer cleaned or dredged for the last 25-30 years

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

I agree in most places. This was coming straight out of the Peak Cavern so purely down to a flash flood and the amount of rain

[@tubecated_development]

I know it’s ridiculous we don’t even have proper floods these days like back in the old days. used to have at least what you could call flooding a lso they used to dredge all the rivers out back then

[@bromptinowner763]

OMG it's torrent !

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

It was,surprisingly it's back to normal now near enough

[@tubecated_development]

should of dredged it. back when I was a kid they used to dredge out the rivers and we had proper floods back they’re not like these. Now they make us pay council tax, but the council don’t do no work

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

I agree on most rivers that's the case. This is a stream that rises from a cave so little silt etc.

[@tubecated_development]

@@thepeakdistrictviking Just needs cutting and straightening., back in the day theyd straighten the rivers and widen them and cut them deeper down, so that all the water could go back in there from off the floodplain. You only need to take about 10 foot of the bottom of a riverbed to swallow 5 mile wide flood. That’s for a bigger floods back then not today at least real floods that you could talk about, they were not like these puddles that everybody panics about these days.

[@rthoc71]

Upsetting for those affected especially if not used this type heavy rain flooding, my mum lives about 1.5miles away from River Ouse in York despite several big water storage areas she's in Red Zone. Good thing in Red Zone any property is warned in advance risk of flooding. With Climate change happening more frequently having these devastating events lot more properties go into Red zones so in future this sort weather due people get as much warning as possible.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks that's really useful.

[@biggyjaay]

Hope your all ok

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks everyone is OK and floods have receded now

[@brianlever3767]

Any one he pics of ladybower dams they can post this weekend

[@marcusdrew5713]

been terrible in Lincs aswell

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Yeah everywhere north seems to have had it bad. Hope you're OK where you are

[@atrampinthehills.841]

Crikey, that's what 36 hours of rain can can do...hopefully that's it.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Amazingly it's all subsided now

[@andrewdaley5480]

No there's a lot more rain coming the week. 🇬🇧

[@arthuritus5752]

So sad to see people’s homes and businesses ruined. However not advisable to film beside and, even worse, on top, of a stone bridge with a raging torrent underneath. You would have been a gonner in seconds had the bridge collapsed this is why emergency services put warnings out.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

I live in the village that bridge has been there for 100s of years, I wouldn't take any unnecessary risks for a film

[@barbsdee3831]

Water with that force always frightens me 😢 There is nothing you can do to stop it.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Very true, nature wins in the end

[@mrjiggs3761]

Fucks sake mate thats awful. Sorry for those that have suffered. Lucky for you though.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks we were fortunate living a little higher up. Everyone's rallied round though as they do in villages

[@gilliancheshire3596]

Did any one get the government emergency alert. This happened along river Avon about 15 years ago. Devastation everywhere. Forced the lids of petrol statin storage , mixed with flood water. The aftermath of mud on everything.

[@gilliancheshire3596]

Be careful the force water undercuts what you are walking along.. Path will just go. Be safe

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

We got the weather warning and only a small part is actually a flood zone

[@CarlosSastre1013]

Hosepipe ban coming soon too

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

I wouldn't be surprised the way the water companies mismanage our water supply

[@andrewdaley5480]

I'm doing my bit my pee pee is orange. 🇬🇧 😁

[@elliegreen4738]

Sorry that their homes got flooded, hope no one gets swept away in that dangerous flooded river.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Fortunately not and the flood has stopped overnight

[@elliegreen4738]

@@thepeakdistrictviking Why have you removed my informative reply to you?

[@sammyjoelovell1168]

So sad to see peoples properties flooded & farms hope their animals are safe please be so careful when being near flooded places bridges & walk ways can collapse with the force of the water and volume hope everyone stays safe & pets too .😢

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thank you, luckily the waters subsided. Totally agree on Bridges, I did assess before standing on them and they've been there 100s of years

[@michaelporter6383]

My thoughts are with you.😒😒

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thank you 😊

[@philsteele7151]

Work in Hope live nr Whalley, I passed ok Yesterday but i have never seen it that bad.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

A lot of the old timers were saying they've never seen it like this in over 40 years

[@andrewbradbury4433]

Sadly very true, but they don't help. I've been on the receiving end. Trying to clear water just to have it washed back in by a passing car going too fast.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Yeah some people just don't think

[@timmynettles]

Mad scenes

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Worst in 40 years apparently

[@chriss312]

Stay Safe Stay Sane PD Viking

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thank you, not sure about the sane bit 🤣🤣🤣

[@janethollman7894]

Stay safe

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thank you, fortunately nobody was hurt and all the flood water has subsided now

[@elizabethbrown8833]

Scary stay safe everyone.🌎💙❤️‍🩹🙏🏻

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks were OK the water is back to normal.levels today

[@YhImOML]

Typical seeing as me and my friends are stay at the YHA next week👍

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

You'll be fine then, it's all pretty much gone now

[@beaulieuc8910]

wow intense

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

It certainly was, not seen anything like that before

[@barmyneddy1789]

Who will visit and claim they are interested first, Rishi or Keir? I’m guessing neither. If this was anywhere else in the world ££££ millions would be diverted to fund aid and we would be asked to text RAIN to donate £20.00 or FLOOD to donate £50.00. Our elected representatives represent no one but themselves.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Sadly you are totally right

[@serinadelmar6012]

Neither and Rishi‘s far more interested about protecting his money in big oil, and exacerbating these extreme weather patterns instead of addressing them, much less helping those who are living with the consequences, and it’s only gonna get worse.

[@samjl4]

The peak cavern Halloween cinema stuff starts on Thursday, don’t think that will be happening!

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

It should be OK by then. Luckily the cinema is high up inside the cave

[@dasdasdatics420]

A Babette is a type of bearing.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

God knows who names these storms 🤣🤣🤣

[@dasdasdatics420]

@@thepeakdistrictviking The government is being run by NUTCASES so it's only fair that it's lack of intelligence should match it's minions.

[@paulthomas3841]

Put a water wheel in there and make Electric off that power water

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

its never consistent enough most of time its just a bubbling brook

[@Pandoraaa76]

💜💜💜

[@ianaristotlethompson4186]

I feel for those people that are flooded. Has to be the worst thing.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Me too, it's receded quickly so hopefully not too much damage

[@andrewmarsh3587]

Years of neglect from the council’s not maintaining the drains and waterways

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

I agree in other cases, in this one it comes straight out the cave and into the village

[@mandalooney]

You need some stew an dumplings 😊

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 funny you should say that ❤️❤️❤️

[@jablot5054]

All those empty second homes/holiday cottages.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

I know, prices here are ridiculous, we're only renting as couldn't afford to buy. Ought to be a law on how many can be second homes

[@andybirchenall1113]

Just returned from Keswick now that is a town with second homes very few people actually live there now, such a shame its allowed to go on but hey money talks i guess

[@BMack-p9s]

Gotta feel for anyone whose home is flooded, not so much for the second home owners lol.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Have to agree there, should be limits on the number of second homes and holiday let's, half this place consists of them now

[@user-ph4bw8xw4q]

Какой город

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Castleton in the English Peak District it's a small village

[@stanpritchard7436]

Please tell me how much your local council spent on dredging the local rivers and canals, because there is your problem, silt build up is preventing rivers and canal holding water , and so it has nowhereto go but lower ground. . If your rivers and canals were just 3ft deeper you would not have this problem, so blame the EU for that when they banned dedging, by all member countries,, you only have to look at the german devastaion of last year.

[@graemehutchison5696]

nice video but swearing not good

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Industrial language. I don't normally swear that much

[@brianmilligan1787]

Note the swans and ducks have more Sense they are on dry land

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Yep, the ducks here are very clever, also I've seen them on rooftops which I've never seen before

[@rthoc71]

Lot MPs seem doing lot finger pointing no warning etc, only after dramatic events can areas go in Red Zones. U cant predict the future weather or who is greater risk, unless flooding in past has occurred something our elected MP's need to understand rather jumping to conclusions. Ideally should be 4 tier warning Green = normal Yellow = some minor floods Red = serious risk Flooding Black = evacuated homes risk level on severe.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Sounds a sensible approach but our MPs are not sensible only out for thenselves

[@paulineverriere8054]

Omg…where army? Praying …canada

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Fortunately the waters subsided and the locals handled it. Love Canada one of my favourite places, worked in Montreal for a while

[@joolsjeffery3939]

Geo engineering.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Really ???? 🤣🤣🤣

[@joolsjeffery3939]

@@thepeakdistrictviking yep. Look it up. Look up weather modification. HAARP.

[@joolsjeffery3939]

And remember… just because you have never come across it, or you don’t think it’s possible… doesn’t mean it isn’t. There’s an agenda going on to have you believe that climate change is a thing. I spent over 10 yrs looking into it and there are many many many climate scientists who will tell you that there is no emergency with nature. It’s being manipulated. Instead of laughing… investigate. Peace.

[@Realm-of-Horror]

Ah, Castleton. Know it well. No living dead from Manchester morgue about then?

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

🤣🤣🤣 luckily not

[@alanallcock9718]

Great footage, but do you have to use the fxxkin f word so fxxkin often.😂

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 f@#£&*%g really 🤣🤣🤣

[@bicnarok]

best not to live near rivers or streams in the future.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

We are fine but I can imagine people in flood plains either pay through the nose or can't get insurance

[@AliceChambers-i8m]

Very sad

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Luckily it didn't last long and no major damage to infrastructure.