Floods in Belper after storm Babet - 21 October 2023

The day after the torrential rain brought by storm Babet. Video taken at Belper Mill, and Ambergate between 10am and 11am. The water level was starting to subside apparently

[@RaymondoLeeTravel]

Pretty bad. Worst I've seen it in years!

[@chrishavard5871]

Imagine if we could store all this water for use during dry summers.

[@keithleivers4061]

Super coverage words not needed at all well done 😊

[@SpikeJohnston]

Thankyou so much

[@lorithorpe3502]

omg , WOW , ive never seen it that bad before . nice bit of filming .

[@wontbelongnow5567]

This river is expected to flood when heavy rain has done for thousands of years . We build on flood plains and next to rivers then moan a out flooding. Didn't you expect that.

[@SpikeJohnston]

I was only filming the water!

[@esseel7896]

​@@SpikeJohnstonhehe cant do no right pal haha

[@glynluff2595]

Apparently not. I wonder what the qualification is to sit on a Planning Authority- oh I forgot none whatsoever! Well, you have to be elected but the. You spend much of your time getting expenses for running your car, postage stamps, computers at advantageous rates, parking in reserved spaces, making sure your electric car has a charge point next to it and checking the tea and biscuits are up to scratch. Now the planning well that is easy as you know the builders and their planning staff as you meet them on holiday in distant lands and they pay your bar bill. You are told a lot of things in a long lifetime and the planning system has been bent almost since it was devised,

[@321itsshowtime]

Who’s moaning it’s just a video? Calm down

[@franktuckwell196]

We've seen the water as high as that before and had to walk the long way round to get home. The river gardens lived up to their name. Thanks for sharing.

[@tinaforbes1059]

Wow, stunning scenery/pictures , amid the flooding , miseries and chaos it caused . Thank you for sharing.

[@SpikeJohnston]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mikelove6502]

...and the more we build the greater the surface runoff, and the less ground is open to absorb the water, and still we're surprised (because we havent upgraded the drainage in the last fifty years..

[@BV-co7hy]

We should be tapping into all that energy🤔

[@alexlawrence293]

Regarding the footage shown between 3:17 and 3:48; it appears to be some kind of miniature railway. I used to live in the Belper area, many years ago, but I am not familiar with that particular location. Could anyone please supply me with details about it ? Many thanks in anticipation.

[@thegreens980]

Halfpenny bridge where the Derwent and Amber rivers meet.

[@alexlawrence293]

@@thegreens980 Thank you. Much appreciated !😁

[@thegreens980]

@@alexlawrence293 near the Hurt arms pub.

[@SpikeJohnston]

Ambergate near the entrance to shining cliff woods

[@odd_shoes]

3:45 Is there a narrow gauge railway there? It looks like it, but I can't find anything on google about it.

[@mshakeshaft]

But did the Swan boats survive? I noticed the others were still moored up..

[@SpikeJohnston]

Not sure

[@chrisbradley1192]

0:10 I just looked at Google's Street View of this bridge (just a little west of Bridge Foot). Remarkable rise in river level.

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Bridgefoots in Iver, Bucks.

[@chrisbradley1192]

@@suzyqualcast6269 Surely you mean Bridgefeet?

[@esseel7896]

Subbed hoping for more scemery vids from around that neck of the woods. Im on the other side of the country in another chuffin country but wish i was back there. Cheers.

[@SpikeJohnston]

Oh, I will have to sort that out then!

[@esseel7896]

@@SpikeJohnston dont put yourself out Spike mate haha

[@suzyqualcast6269]

S'what kept t'mill a rolling, when twas used.....

[@SteveInskip]

Trouble! 😉😉. ….and cotton.

[@peterkennington1043]

Blimey Spike

[@SpikeJohnston]

Yes, and it got 400 views before I shared it on Facebook. A friend told Helen this morning that she had seen Helen on a video!

[@barryether818]

wow did the hurt arms flood?

[@SpikeJohnston]

It was surrounded with thigh deep water. Don't know how badly it was affected