Our thoughts are with all those families and businesses damaged by the horrendous floods in West Cork this week.
We were lucky. Apart from the inconvenience of no phoneline and some bad leaks in a bay window, we managed to escape pretty unscathed.
If you have any detour tips for those trying to get in and out of West Cork, please leave them in the comments. This route was still working at 2pm yesterday so hopefully it’ll work for you. (Click on it for larger size):
Bandon had been doing a large marketing push for November. Now more than ever, we should shop locally and help those businesses get back on their feet.
November 21, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Kinsale to Ballinspittle to Kilbrittan; I know as I came down from Dublin on Thursday night at 21:00, had to backtrack from Enniskeane to the Halfway, as all the crossings over the Bandon river were closed.
Sympathies to all those affected; Bandon traders need our business now more than ever, here’s hoping this was not the final straw for some, keep your business local.
November 21, 2009 at 7:38 pm
Thanks for that tip Mark. I avoided the Kinsale Road as I heard stories of people taking 2 hrs from Cork to there. The wind is building tonight so I hope we’re not in for a repeat.
November 22, 2009 at 11:33 am
My heart goes out to all those affected by the floods in Bandon. Is there any plan to undertake a communal clean-up of affected premises, a kind of meitheal, where we could all lend a hand?
November 22, 2009 at 12:14 pm
That’s a fantastic idea Marian. I guess we let the pros deal with the urgent stuff and then everyone could come in for the cleanup?
November 22, 2009 at 12:15 pm
I’m sure a great number of people would be delighted to do anything they could to help
November 24, 2009 at 2:24 pm
When are the Government, elected by the people, going to do something about this mess (one of many). When the country was overflowing with money they did nothing, now that times are bad we can only expect it to get worse and worse. Soon Ireland will be a third world country with floods every year, next it will be famine relief from abroad as we will no longer be able to produce crops.