The Ullswater Steamer Pier, broken and batteredIt's been a fairly traumatic week for Cumbria. Rising floodwaters engulfed many low-lying areas of the county to devastating effect, destroying towns and countless homes along the way. Nearly everyone has a story to tell, some of them worse than others.
The hillsides are so swollen with water that there have been landslides in some valleys. As a geologist, this is pretty exciting stuff. 
Waves in't road
The vast dog-legged lake of Ullswater had engulfed the roads on both flanks as well as a number of homes along its shores. Ploughing through waves to get to the end of the lake was fun, but nothing could prepare us for the scene of devastation at the end. Two landslides had steamed down the steep valley sides, taking out two barns along the way. 
The toe of the landslide
Waves crashing over the end of the lake
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