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Calamity in Clovelly: flash flooding
The beautiful, quaint fishing village of Clovelly, situated on the North Devon coastline was totally unprepared for the devastating flash flooding that cascaded down the main cobbled street on Thursday 11th October 2012.
This privately owned village suffered extensive flooding to several of its picturesque cottages. Also severely affected by the water damage were the popular tea room owned by Bill and Pauline Legg, meaning they will not be operational over the half term October holiday.
Having been a frequent traveller to North Devon this is a great shame. Surrounding areas such as Tiverton, Holsworthy and areas of Cornwall were also affected by the deluge of rainwater.
The flash flooding caused by the private stream overflowing may need to be reassessed. This leads us to question the water structures of streams and rivers within the UK. Only eight years ago the Cornish village, Boscastle, suffered millions of pounds damage due the banks of River Valency bursting. These are becoming common occurrences causing economic and emotional devastation.
What measures can be taken to ensure these floodings do not escalate?
Those affected by the floods can seek online advice to cope with the aftermath and know what steps to implement to reduce flood damage in the future.
Useful links:
This Is North Devon article
The Guardian article
Rebecca Craft (me) photographed under Clovelly Waterfall last month.
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Search Google like a pro!
This will in all honesty be the shortest blog post on Rebecca Craft’s world. An article I stumbled upon recently has the best 30 ways to improve your search results on Google and I for one know I will use it as a source in the future. It can be so tiring trawling through search results but this article tells you how to get the exact results you want.
From searching for apps to searching with your voice, this article is a fantastic guide for all users of Google. We can all be Google search pros! Thank you Simply Zesty for posting this.
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Cadbury’s new chocolate bar: only for women, dieting women.
Cadbury have revealed a new chocolate bar targeted specifically at women, called Crispello. This new treat is hoping to attract those women who are currently on diets or are calorie conscious. Each bar contains only 165 calories. Brilliant. This really does make me chuckle, “low-calorie chocolate bars” aimed at women on diets. Oh what a paradox!
The chocolate bar is divided into three equal portions, intended for women to really spread out their indulgence consuming chocolate. Only consuming one teeny piece at a time. All sounds very controlling, 1984. This seems also like a rather ridiculous concept. Everyone knows that chocolate is not healthy and to be separated into three sections is unnecessary. We are living in a (more) health conscious world. So they say. So will ‘less chocolate, less calories’ really sell?
The good news is, is Crispello only costs an affordable 50p! This does suddenly make it more attractive in comparison to the price currently of other chocolate bars. The new chocolate recipe also sounds extremely mouth-watering, three light and crispy wafer shells filled with a deliciously creamy centre and covered in a layer of double chocolate.
Despite the marketing and supposed USP (unique selling point) for Crispello, I am interested in having a bite… Only after one hard session in the gym though.
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