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People gathered by the flooded weir at Burleyin Wharfedale

Today the weir at Burley in Wharfedale burst it’s banks on a truly epic scale. Many of the surrounding roads got shut down, villages cut off and Stray FM turned into the ‘flood-watch radio show’. After lunch in a local cafe, that resulted in the little man launching the contents of his spoon at queuing customers we made a hasty retreat back home. From there we decided to head out for a walk and check out the river, and as it appeared, so did half the village…