Sheffield Floods - Pipworth Lane, nr. Eckington

This is out near my workplace, and the eve before was a almost-evacuation-like call as the Mossbrook and Rother came up quickly. By 17:30, Rotherham Road was impassable. No pictures of that here - this is the day after, during lunch break.

The large lake in the first and last shots are normally part of Renishaw Golf Course - the rest? Well you can see the damage that it caused to the tarmac along Pipworth Lane; a guesstimate that it was probably a couple of feet deep going down it.

It should be possible to use this lane as a route to walk to Killamarsh. But as can be seen, it's not possible the footbridge that you'd normally use to cross the Moss Brook is a foot or so under water.

CEJ, June 2007