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traveller
23-Nov-12, 13:14
hi, thinking of moving to this area . do you get many floods.

joxville
23-Nov-12, 13:58
I guess the floods are probably caused by the tears of locals at the thought of an 'incomer'. :-)

Dadie
23-Nov-12, 13:59
Haent had to build an ark yet.Never waterskied down the road either....Fields are a bit waterlogged and muddy.

Angel
23-Nov-12, 23:52
Are you purchasing or renting...

Watten is fairly dry... higher up the better... The river floods the fields especially at high tide and after heavy rainfall... Generally safe around the Watten crossroads...

Angel...

traveller
24-Nov-12, 12:28
great to see a sense of humour. ah sure what would you make of an irish man.

linnie612
24-Nov-12, 12:45
A nice stew?

Welcome to the Org. :D

sids
24-Nov-12, 13:23
What did the drowning Watten hippy say?



"Like help."

Kodiak
24-Nov-12, 13:37
What did the drowning Watten hippy say?



"Like help."

Blub, blub, blub!

richardj
24-Nov-12, 14:16
You asked originally about flooding in Watten, well as mentioned the river does flood into farm fields occassionally, I have never seen the village under water and most roads remain open even after very wet periods.
I have attached a few pictures to let your see the type of flooding that Watten has had in 2011, most houses are not built where flooding could be a problem, but some get pretty close to being able to fly fish for salmon!

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Pictures taken from the bridge over the Wick River at Watten. Some of the signs say take care when fishing!

ducati
24-Nov-12, 15:49
You ain't sellin' it richardj. :lol:

traveller
24-Nov-12, 16:41
thanks for that richardj we get our fair share of the wet stuff but the uk is beating us this year. traveller.

billmoseley
24-Nov-12, 17:19
A nice stew?

Welcome to the Org. :D wouldn,t that be an Irish stew

richardj
24-Nov-12, 17:56
traveller,

ducati thinks I am being a bit negative ... but you did ask about flooding! Now on the other hand as I love Caithness a few more pictures showing you another side of the story. I hope you decide to move to Caithness, Watten is a lovely village.

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I did have more but the forum software is not allowing me to add anymore at the moment

richardj
24-Nov-12, 17:59
Another few pictures of beautiful Caithness

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ducati
25-Nov-12, 08:49
Nice save richardj! Is that a caught fish or bait? [lol]

Rheghead
25-Nov-12, 09:52
I would contact SEPA for a definitive answer.

Stack Rock
25-Nov-12, 10:45
Check out SEPA's indicitave flood map on their website.
I encountered problems providing the link.

richardj
25-Nov-12, 12:07
ducati, it was probably just a small fish being caught, however more typically the fish are a little bigger!

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This is a box of fish I caught

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p.s. this is not me, just one of the better anglers on the boat with a reasonably sized cod

Richard

richardj
25-Nov-12, 12:12
Stack Rock

I think the link you were wanting to show is http://go.mappoint.net/sepa/ then enter Watten in the search box. It does take a while to load the map.

Richard

sids
25-Nov-12, 15:37
The floods are bad enough, then there's the tsunamis.

linnie612
25-Nov-12, 18:12
wouldn,t that be an Irish stew

With fava beans and a nice Chianti.

billmoseley
25-Nov-12, 19:58
With fava beans and a nice Chianti. i think i hear the lambs