Flooding

What an interesting piece - very sad, but definitely sounds a lovely place to live.  

History is interesting, but it’s not pretty. Down by the beach it was all bungalows, and a dodgy looking shop. Back up on the coast road, Arthog, and the village we stayed in at Llwyngwril there are some lovely houses. Tragic for the people who love it and live there though.

Several places in Norfolk are already very close to being destroyed ,   with some already having been lost to the sea it has been happening there for centuries ,its just in the last years rising water levels have accelerated it 

Not all doom and gloom in Fairbourne. No flooding or tide damage these last few weeks. Remember Harlech Castle just up the road was serviced by sea In Edward 1st time. Now a golf course a, school and housing between it and the sea with no  artificial barrier created. The west coast is rising, the East is sinking. However not in the short time scale that we all demand.

Official position does seem somewhat defeatist when one considers that half of the Netherlands is below sea level. They just get on and do something about it.

Are there many hills and such that would affect the Netherlands? as in Norfolk ,  but then the water is already inland in the UK,   its the other way in the Netherlands that they are stopping it coming inland

JVB they've even got a volcano or two in the Netherlands...something else to worry about when "over there." 

That’s good Fish, it obviously means a great deal to the people who live there, and it’s a lovely location. Heck of a trek around via Dolgellau to get round estuary (we did do the wooden toll bridge😁). It’s a part of Wales we had never visited before, but Cader Idris is simply beautiful. We drove all over, up into hills, OH had a ball on his bike. 

A huge part of Lincolnshire wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for the Dutch, and I think parts of Cambridgeshire. Now they really do know how to manage water! 

The real issue is building on known flood plains, just asking for trouble. I am astonished folks actually buy the properties to be honest (new build). All I can think is that they simply don’t get a basic assessment done by a solicitor🤷‍♂️

The Netherlands has a few hills over 1000 feet, mainly in the Limburg region in the south east of the country. I know because I've climbed a few of them.