Castleton Floods: The Aftermath of Storm Babet

[@davidhowe6905]

The side by side 'then and now' scenes were very informative, thanks!

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Glad you liked it!

[@kencotterill6132]

Wonderful atmospheric film. Great to see Castleton again.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks for watching, it was a shame about the circumstances but it is a beautiful place

[@lyndaturner6686]

Castleton is my favourite place , I used to walk round at least once a week with my kids, winter and summer ,I don’t think I ever saw it flooded like that in forty years. I live in Cornwall now but Derbyshire will always be my spiritual home. So pleased it wasn’t any worse and thank you so much for reminding me of the beauty of that lovely village.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

No problem at all 😊

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

Heartbreaking Stu. I'm glad it was over relatively quickly, but those affected will need drying out before they can return to normality. Whilst I'd love to see Kinder Downfall in full flood, I'm giving it a week or so as I don't want to be up to my ears in bog. Thanks for sharing, and I'm glad you were spared.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks and don't blame you on waiting to go to the downfall 🤣🤣

[@spaceforgrace3312]

Great video- very clever how you showed the previous footage. Let's hope that's it now for the winter.

[@grayfreeman]

That's brilliant. Love the comparisons. Thanks!

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@iancliveedwards]

Thanks for sharing, I was there the week before ....such a contrast. Poor people

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

It is amazing how quickly things change, hopefully that's the worst of it over

[@iancliveedwards]

@@thepeakdistrictviking it is , week before there was a tiny little stream beside those cottages, week later a raging torrent .

[@margaretdrew2844]

Thanks for the update .

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

No problem 👍

[@madelineantill1417]

thanks for sharing, hope everyone gets back to normal soon!

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks I am sure they will

[@karenmoakes]

Thanks for the video's - I adore Castleton, it's my go to place to chill out, I'm up in Scotland now but I still drive down to Castleton and Bakewell to chill & get my supplies of Bakewell puds 😂 ... I'm sure you know how lucky you are 😊🎉

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

We are very lucky, especially with Bakewell pudding 🍮

[@avpinstarter]

When you walk through the village in summer its so nice and peacefull we have no idea of how it can change

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

So true although this is a rare event luckily

[@stephmcghie8732]

Castleton is a beautiful village, so sad to see the flooding and the damage it caused to people's properties 😢

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks, fortunately the waters subsided quickly

[@judyutley2910]

Looks beautiful to me, absolutely beautiful, hope not too much damage inside, best wishes to all.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thank you, a fair few people have had flood damage to their properties mainly.the contents. Luckily its subsided quickly.

[@jacqui7672]

What a nightmare! Wishing you all well.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thank you, the village could have had it a lot worse

[@christinechin1909]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

No problem 👍

[@tattoo1084]

Great footage mate.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks mate appreciate it

[@jameslangston3903]

Great comparison video, good to see everything back to normal. Imagine in the old days when it flooded the houses with flagstone floors didn`t suck up as much water as a nice carpet!!!

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks. If I lived anywhere that close to a river I'd have flagstone floors for sure.

[@leewright6101]

ahhh hope everyone is ok mate, xx , love derbyshire i was born near there, love matlock.. close to alfreton, area, my goto matlock,, such a beautiful place, might have to venture out to see castleton,, never been,, x

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks, it's well worth a visit. Stunning scenery and 7 pubs 🤣🤣🤣

[@pauloakes5718]

You earned my subscription today Sir!

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Awesome, thank you!

[@CheshireCat6639]

Ty for sharing ❤

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Thanks for watching!

[@stephnewman1357]

Good to see the floods have now gone. It's just the mess it leaves afterwards. Also scary to see the height the river water had got to in order to flood and how fast it was still flowing.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Yeah it was something else. People have rallied round helping each other which is good to see. We're due more rain today and tomorrow but not in a short space of time so should be OK

[@ecole3139]

Great vids.... Thnx for the entertainment x

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Glad you like them!

[@CheshireCat6639]

My small town in Cheshire has the fast River Dane that flows into the River Weaver,when in flood ,it backs up in the towns bull ring damaging shops pubs etc..our biggest flood in 1946 was terrible..my old Aunt said they had fish in the bath in the house from the River rise !..it does so much damage,nature can be a beast unleashed😢

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

It certainly can. We used to live in wildboarclough and that had a huge flash flood in the 80s. Hope you didn't suffer too badly this year

[@pauloakes5718]

What upsets me the most all water companies misfortunes have been flushed to the sea!

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

That's the crime of the century. Pure profiteering

[@BMack-p9s]

It looks like there could be a higher, stronger flood defence wall put in to help, also given Castleton's location, that some arabale land could be used for an overspill? But guessing that would cost many millions so given the community size it wouldn't get the money? Cheaper and at v little cost to the gov and council atm, given the clean up mostly falls to each home owner or business.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

You're exactly right, they won't make any investment. They struggle to invest at all in infrastructure in this country

[@岩本えみ]

❤I clean my room. From oversea.❤

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

OK...........

[@岩本えみ]

I am now, taking some water. Not sitting, but hot.

[@geoff2212]

We should never underestimate the power of water.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Absolutely. Nature is not to be messed with

[@gwendolynmeyer691]

Sorry. Its happening everywhere not that thats a comfort but its a big picture change. Is there a wetland near you?

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

No we are up in the hills, but it does seem to be a more frequent occurence these days, i think its a combination of change in weather and poor investment in infrastructure, although in this case I think its just the amount of rain in a short period

[@spex357]

The first choke point at the weir cuts the width in half, no wonder it backs up.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Yeah that's a good point it does get barrow there and funneled through

[@hanshoogendyk5783]

At least your area is high enough in elevation that the water was able to run off somewhere , limiting the soak in damage

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Very true, the waters receded very quickly overnight

[@bryanthomas2598]

Did Hope Village get flooded we are up there this weekend

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Its OK now all the flooding has subsided

[@thatguyfromcetialphaV]

Not as bad as the floods of 2007, fortunately. June of that year was dreadful.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Yeah it was indeed, although locals here say it is the worst they have seen Peakshole water

[@k.kristianjonsson1537]

The sewage system not uprated since the 1920??

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

Quite possibly, normally no issue with flooding but the sheer amount in such a short time was the problem

[@viktorsmazurs9741]

Green, Black,Grey.

[@thepeakdistrictviking]

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[@peakyplodders]

Nice informative video Stuart. Drove through yesterday on my way to Buxton from Hartington 😂😂. Dont ask why😂😂😂 just a nosy b tard

[@darrenboston342]

I’m ok, I’m sat on a beach in St Lucia😎