I was up in the Alnwick area yesterday helping out co-ordinating fault repairs for Northern Powergrid. Crikey, every lightining strike seems to have hit a bit of electrical plant ! Transformers blown, HV cable boxes destroyed and litteraly hundreds of HV fuses blown, what a mess.
However, the main concern was the state of the roads for anyone on two wheels. There are large sections of road with mud washed accross them and almost everywhere has gravel washed onto it too. There is a section of main road from Alnwick to Rothbury where the tarmac has lifted and then re-settled, this is very bumpy and will soon break up, very dodgy. So, if you're out and about in Northumberland be careful, there are some very iffy bits to watch out for.
P.S. On the bright side you can now 'off road' on road