Wray Flood Traditional Geocache
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Wray Flood 8th August 1967.
On 8th August 1967 this little village was devastated by a flash flood during which the pretty babbling River Roeburn at its confluence with the Hindburn turned into a raging torrent, rose some 20 feet in 20 minutes and destroyed houses, property, livestock, cars and 7 bridges. Thankfully, no lives were lost.
The semi circular cobblestone mosaic in the Flood Garden by the river was Wray's millennium project, designed by Maggie Howarth, who lives nearby. It is comprised of black pebbles from a Cumbrian seashore, white pebbles from Wales, and carved insets made from green Elterwater slate. The brown stones representing the main flood water were gathered by villagers from the bed of the Roeburn and Hindburn. National newspapers picked up the story at the time when a local temperance preacher blamed the floods on the wrath of the Almighty because Wray had 2 public houses.
Wray is now known as 'Scarecrow Village' for their annual Scarecrow Festival in May when for 2 weeks they are inundated with thousands of tourists admiring the villagers' inventiveness with scarecrows.
Wray is a very attractive village with many stone-built houses with flagged roofs (a local style - slates are light and thin but flags are large and heavy). Many of the houses are dated over the doorways. Unfortunately, roadside parking in the village has rather ruined the rural idyll.
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