Flooding 'the worst in modern history'

The floods paralysing parts of Britain have been described as the worst to hit the country in modern history.
The unprecedented weather on Friday - the equivalent of a month's rain in an hour in some areas - left tens of thousands of homes without clean water or electricity.

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HAPPY 50TH

The 19th of July marked Lynn's 50th birthday and we joined the celebrations at the Haven Hotel, Sandbanks for lunch.

The Haven is located literally on the waters edge, on the famous Sandbanks peninsula in Poole, with panoramic views over Poole Bay and Studland.

The weather was warm enough for us to eat outside on the waterside terrace.

The party was made up of twelve people and the menu was varied and when the food arrived at the table all three courses were well presented and served by smiling, attentive and efficient staff. The meal was finished off with coffee/tea and the head waiter brought the birthday cake, we had arranged to be made, to the table.

The day did not finish there because in the evening everybody was transported from Mick & Lynn's apartment by taxi to Dolphin Quay, Poole for the second surprise of the day for Lynn, a trip out in a Sunseeker cruiser around Poole harbour out to Old Harry Rocks

where we dropped anchor for drinks and nibbles. We returned about three hours later for the firework display off a barge moored in the harbour.

Flood chaos after torrential rain

Torrential downpours drenched vast areas of Britain, leading to widespread flooding and travel chaos.
An eerie darkness descended during the height of the monsoon-like outburst, with some areas getting as much as four to five inches of rain in one day - twice the average for the whole of July.

Southern and south west England bore the brunt of the bad weather which swept up through France.

In Dorset, drivers were stranded and sewage spilled on to the streets after floods in Bournemouth and Poole.

In Verwood we were lucky that we only experienced light showers through the day mixed with clear sunny spells.