In damp weather, we tackled the next source of flooding, this time coming off the Loke as the rain water collects together off the surface of the loke and some of the neighbors driveways and runs down the Loke towards us. We are unfortunately at the lowest point down the slight hill so most of the rain water will head in our direction.
Old-Edge-of-the-loke
The old fence at the moment is constructed using one of those builder’s plastic orange mesh on wooden posts, but we had two old railway sleepers lying around so we pulled them into service and used their long length and thickness as a good strong barrier against the gushing water!!
These sleepers are about 9 inches wide by 5 inches thick and about 8½ feet long.
We dug a slot along the edge of the grass verge, following a string taut and rolled the sleepers in, and packed in dirt around them so they are half buried.
New-Edging-to-the-loke
We might buy some more sleepers and carry along the Loke to make a neat edging, even though the railway sleepers are somewhat mangled and have holes in them, they do make a good straight edge and look a little “rustic”!