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On this page you will find the documents requested on 1st July 2026 (bottom section).
A further partial check was made 27th September (next section up).
This top section is was the situation on 13 October 2026.

We had a few heavy showers today but not anything untoward, yet from road traffic I could hear the amount of water on the road so I decided to take a fresh look.
This covers all the drains numbered 1 to 9 on the updated plan and clearly shows full blockage at drains 2, 7, 8 and 9.
Comments in the annotated map.

Then looking at the individually numbered drainage inlet points here is a set of pictures taken from a walk from the bottom of Tar Hill south through from position 1 to 9.
Each photograph is captioned + there's additional comments at the bottom of the page.

The first drain point, west side, outside Hillside House on west side.

The second drain point, west side, 20m south of Hillside House, the drain is still completely blocked even grass growing out of it and I could not clear it,
I suspect this got missed again when the last work was done as it's in the same condition as before.

The third drain point, east side, ~25m south of Hillside House on east side, running OK.

The fourth drain point, ~35m south of Hillside House on east side, running OK..

The Fifth drain point, east side, ~5m north of Church Driveway, a few leaves but running OK.

The Sixth drain point, east side, ~10m south of Church Driveway, a bit more debris on this one but still running.

The Seventh drain point, east side, ~15m south of Church Driveway
Completely blocked again and flooding across road.

The Eighth drain point, west side, ~5m south of entrance to Binny House/Binny Plants near bottom end of golf course (between lamp posts ID EN132 & EN133).
Still completely blocked up with silt.

The Ninth drain point, west side, ~5m south of 30mph signs, centre edge of dragon's teeth marking on road, (between lamp posts ID EN130 & EN131).
Still completely blocked up with silt, picture shows same weeds visible as previous pictures.

This is the last drain on this slope as you walk south, so with this one and the previous one (number 9 and 8) both being totally blocked up then ALL water falling from beyond Binny Park will run northwards down to drain 7 at the Church corner (see next image).

This image was taken looking south about 20 minutes after previous shower, there's still a large volume of water running down from Binny Park (drains 8 & 9) which after crossing the road goes to drain 7 at the church corner.

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Further down on this page you will find the documents requested on 1st July 2026 but this section above the original report was the situation on 27 September 2026. (drains 1-5 only)

We had a fair bit of rain today but not anything untoward, yet we have flooded out again so I decided to take a look.
This is what I found starting at Drain reference 1 (outside Hillside House B8046 west side) on the map below from the 1st July report.

The first drain point, west side, outside Hillside House, both had debris on (from farming activity) which I removed but the first "pot" is completely blocked and I could not clear it.

The second drain point, west side, 20m south of Hillside House, the drain is completely blocked even grass growing out of it and I could not clear it, I suspect this got missed when the last work was done as it's in the same condition as before.

Taken to include drains 1 and 2 to confirm position and show the volume of water flowing down towards the Church
This second drain is the last drain on West side of road, before water crosses to the East Side to drain 3.

Taken to show drain 5 (both grilles blocked on top with field debris) and the source of our flooding, most of the flow turning into the Church Driveway.

Taken 3 steps back (east) to confirm the source of our flooding, most of the flow turning into the Church Driveway.

Taken another 10 steps back (east) to confirm the source of our flooding, most of the flow turning into the Church Driveway.

Taken about another 25m east at the bottom of the Church Driveway just before it turns south.

Taken about another 5m east showing the bottom of the Church Driveway as it turns - the water flow splitting into 3 distinct flows.

Taken from our front gates showing water flow from bottom of the Church Driveway as it turns, flooding into our property driveway and the car park.

I then tackled drains 6 and 7, both completely blocked such that the water retained at the corner of the road and so the bottom of the hills either side was right across the carriageway and up over the top of the east side kerb and running down into the bottom of our garden again. When I unseated the rubbish with my rake the water volume was unbelevible, taking a good few minutes to drain away by which time I had been thoroughly drenched from head to foot by a passing van!

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The following information is the original content as of 1st July 2026 and sent to Aaron Jack, WLC Roads Maintenance Team.

Firstly you can download a copy of the separate detailed report regarding Drain 7 and the damages caused here here as a PDF format file. This is right at the bottom of my garden where the land is already suffering from subsidence/landslip.

Now we have the requested map. ALL the drains on the B8046 in the village area are numbered 1 to 9.
Comments in the annotated map.

Then looking at the individually numbered drainage inlet points here is a set of pictures taken from a walk from the bottom of Tar Hill south through from position 1 to 9.
Each photograph is captioned + there's additional comments at the bottom of the page.

The first drain point, west side, outside Hillside House.

The first drain point, west side, outside Hillside House, closeup grille1.

The first drain point, west side, outside Hillside House, closeup grille2.

The second drain point, west side, ~20m south of Hillside House.

The third drain point, east side, ~25m south of Hillside House.

The fourth drain point, east side, ~35m south of Hillside House.

The fourth drain point, east side, ~35m south of Hillside House, closeup grille1.

The fourth drain point, east side, ~35m south of Hillside House, closeup grille2.

The Fifth drain point, east side, ~5m north of Church Driveway.

The Sixth drain point, east side, ~10m south of Church Driveway.

The Seventh drain point, east side, ~15m south of Church Driveway
** The one originally reported 9th June 2026, Log number 7392457.

The Seventh drain point, east side, ~15m south of Church Driveway this time shown with passing traffic (risk of getting soaked!)

This one carries everything coming down hill from Binny Park and is on the lowest point in the road + on a bend.
When the road is not so busy it floods right across the carraigway and spills over the kerbs, this picture taken just after a large articulated truck passed by & almost emptied the pool.

Just south of the Seventh drain point, showing camber and water crossing from west to east sides

Just south of the Seventh drain point again, looking south instead shows water flowing down west side of road from Binny area.

The Eighth drain point, west side, ~5m south of entrance to Binny House/Binny Plants near bottom end of golf course.

The Ninth drain point, west side, ~5m south of 30mph signs, near centre edge of golf course.

This is the last drain on this slope as you walk south, so with this one and the previous one (number 9 and 8) both being totally blocked up then ALL water falling from beyond Binny Park will run northwards down to drain 7 at the Church corner.
When the Thunderstorms hit last week we had a massive surge down the embankment from Drain 7 all the detailed photographs of that were included in the PDF document I already sent to Customer Service and is available to download using the link at the top of this page.

Bottom of Church Driveway where it turns to south, you can see the water channel where all the small gravel on the drive washed away and all the washed down debris deposits(top left).

We also had a massive surge from the field/Tar Hill just to the north of us coming down the entrance driveway of the church & the two homes here. This is not the first time, it has happened before several times going back a number of years. In past years we have had several discussions with Steve Jones (Senior Engineer, Roads & Transportation) and Graeme Hedger (Flood Risk Management) on the increasing number of "one off" events, this was part of the reason why Drain 7 was added to the road at this point and made use of the direct route to the side of the Ecclesmachan burn for the outlet.

Lastly I'd make the obvious observation that any system design is only as good as the preventative maintenance applied to it, in our case we seem to be purely reactive rather than preventative.