When I interviewed Nick Lupton at his lovely home for this story in May, a flood wall was being built around his home (the trench and digger appeared in the TV piece, as did the unfailingly polite Nick). This is what the wall is doing today bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-678…

Brilliant!

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I'd forgotten about this one, and it's going straight on the regular play list. Good morning.

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@NickLupton4 amazing #floodwall & #floodbarriers are in use and working well for the 3rd time this winter. So good he finished building it in time, for all the relentless #flooding we've had this winter. Property flood resilience #PFR at it's best!

New: Hinkley Point C is set to be the most expensive nuclear power station ever built. I visited the construction site a few months ago - here's what I learnt about why it is so expensive and what we can do to bring costs down. samdumitriu.com/p/visiting-the…

Delighted to be in #Manchester at the British Insurance Brokers' Association conference I'll be showing delegates around the ( hired) #Floodmobile with Nick Lupton in partnership with Ageas Broker

At Nick Lupton flood defences at Callow End #worcester with BBC Breakfast Justin Rowlatt talking about increasing rainfall and flooding. And it’s very wet!

Great to see my good friend Nick Lupton on BBC Breakfast this morning. Pre his wall he was feature in my emag ( pinned tweet.) He's writing an online book about building his wall. Do follow him, so you don't miss it's publication.

“I’ve found traces of water in the sewage...” Today’s ⁦Private Eye Magazine⁩ cover, nailing the state of rivers under the Tories.

Helping Mary Long-Dhonau OBE on the Floodmobile at the Flood and Coast Expo

Royal Ascot is, of course, upon us, which means I am obliged to post this. Good morning to you, and to the lads in the yard.

We can't mine and build our way out of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. We are destroying Mother Earth trying to do so.

This is bloody brilliant!!!

Why is it that during #floods, drivers all over our country have no regard for 'road closed' signs & drive through flood water, forcing bow waves of water into people's homes? Show some compassion BBC News - 'Arrogant' drivers ignored flood road closures bbc.com/news/articles/…

Automating the English flood warning system. A good piece by Dr Phiala Mehring But the reality is current river models are too inaccurate and unstable to provide anything like a reliable service without expert human intervention. Nowhere near ready yet. linkedin.com/pulse/flood-wa…

Exciting News! I'm thrilled to announce the release of my new e-book, "The Great Wall of Pixham: Our Journey and Practical Guide to Building a Flood Wall"! floodmary.com/the-great-wall…

This is the incredible story of how Nick Lupton & his wife Annie successfully built a wall to hold out the mighty #RiverSevern Read all about it & importantly how to do it, here on my website floodmary.com/the-great-wall…

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