Whilst I was in India, Scamander experienced some very windy weather. As you know from my other blogs the bushfire of 2006 wrecked havic on the bush. Many trees subsequently died due to the hot conditions they had to go … Continue reading →
We had several more floods mainly after I arrived back from India. Anyhow it didn’t take much to get run-off as the land was saturated. It did however give us an opportunity to see how well the modifications to the … Continue reading →
You might be wondering what has happened to my Farmer’s Blog. Well the answer is simple. From the middle of June to the beginning of August I went trekking in India again. this year I went by myself as Ann … Continue reading →
  Day2- July6 Sonder to Hanzal (yellow line on map) The Route of the Great Trek from Kishtwar to Baltal It was not such an early start this day as Om and myself were enjoying each others company over breakfast on … Continue reading →
Day one -the 5th July  Kishtwar to Sonder (red for road travel, blue for trek) Preamble: I am writing this at Dr. Masood Shah’s home in Srinagar after completing a 7 day trek from/to as labelled above. This trek is … Continue reading →
If you want a little theme music try this by Johnny Cash. We think this might be sort of appropriately light hearted for what was a very deadly day. A song by Johnny Cash. On  December 12th, 2006 Scamander and surrounds … Continue reading →
After the four floods the old spillway was severely eroded. Some of the gabions had broken up and fallen into the new ravine. The side walls had collapsed and concrete overlays had collapsed. A complete rethink was necessary and advice … Continue reading →
 Four floods between January and April. To be specific 12-13 January 237mm, 19 February 125mm, 24 March 162mm, and 13 April 140mm. These are from our raingauge readings and may be more than a 24hour period but obstensibly it gives you a … Continue reading →
What a year, now up to the fourth flood and maybe more rain coming. The ground is saturated and we still haven’t been able to get an excavator to repair the spillway which handles the overflow from the dam. Consequently the … Continue reading →
19th February ground already saturated from previous deluge. Another 100mm in about 4 hours caused a repeat of the damage of the first flood. Further damage to spillway although cleanup in anticipation reduced the damage in surrounds. Roads a mess … Continue reading →