The Great Inundation - Drainage at Church Walk

We are all worried about the serious flooding of the Somerset Levels and along the Thames west of London, so it's time to calm down and regard Johnny's efforts in Church Walk to lower the flood waters.

I've hacked out the channel  on the right and cut a few smaller channels which have drained one pot hole into another and thus to this main channel that leads to the stream. The stream goes under this road in a culvert.

 It only took about 20 minutes to hack out these channels, but didn't I suffer with my back as a result.

 It was lovely to just stand there for about 40 minutes as the flood waters drained away.
Vehicles can now clatter along Church Walk at ridiculous speeds but we don't have too much back-wash.

The other nice thing is that as a consequence of the speculative renovation job on the old school next the church, a gate has been erected and a proper fence. It puts off drivers. They would have to get out of their vehicle and open the gate.
We have had a reply from property services of the Diocese of Wakefield, and guess what? The lane is owned privately by a local man Keith Hartley of Hilltop or croft or side (he's on a hill), in Hollins Meadow - which leads directly into Church Walk. What profitith a man to own a lane to a church, you are thinking. All that responsibility for maintenance and no income stream or, as far as I can see, capital investment potential. Who would buy it?
Mr Hartley has to give right of way over his lane to anyone with business on the lane and as it has a public place of worship of the state religion on it, that's effectively anyone. Well anyway, for practical purposes, when the school was a bit of a deri, all and sundry drove through. Now it's to be occupied by people of means, so maybe the lane will return to being just for residents of Church Walk, parishioners and people on foot.
Chris and I are still very keen to sort out effective repair and maintenance of this stretch of Church Walk. We are planning and scheming and plotting, our inspiration coming from listening to The Archers for the past 40 years.