The Bridge under the “River” Leet.

(Leet Water actually). But today the bridge crossing it is nowhere to be seen.

Today the Leet Water in Coldstream became the size of it’s big brother “The River Tweed”. The slideshow below shows the area around the small bridge over the Leet Water. What you cannot see in the pictures is the actual bridge as it is under the Leet Water. Also there is a picnic Table in the play area, but that is completely submerged too.

Is this Nostradamus’ Scientific prediction of celestial alignment? Therefore a cycle of what the earth does naturally?

The rat race slowed a bit today, due to a morbid fascination with the forces of nature. It is unquestionably Beautiful. Cars & Buses stopped on the High Street Bridge. Possibly for the same reason people slow down and try to get a good view of a car wreck on the road. But the houses in the picture are built to withstand such extremes and that is due to the lasting and forward thinking of the historic architects.

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The water covers the steps and pathways, cars and mobile homes were evacuated and are parked in “Market Square” , inconvenienced? maybe. But are the residents of Coldstream who live along the normally tiny Leet water worried? No. Their property has been built with expectation of extreme rises of the Leet and more than that, the people of Coldstream just treat it as a normal day. Their homes are safe, their vehicles are safe.

Forward thinking … even centuries ago. 

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Coldstream, Leet, River Tweed, Scottish Borders