Fred Basset by Alex Graham for January 23, 2023

Turn around don’t drown.

Is that a Fjord Brjonco??

Get ready for a swim Fred!

Not a smart idea. It takes only a few inches of water to lift a car and send you down stream.

It looks like a Chevy to me

Is she driving? Over there isn’t the driver on the other side of the car?

It would be an English model

Ditch the Ford and get a Range Rover.

Fix Or Repair Daily.

In Wales, the place name affix -ford refers to a road. I live in Chester which is very close to the Welsh border. In Wales, there are towns called Pulford and Gresford nearby. Gresford was used by Washington Irving as the setting for his essay “The Angler” which appears in “The Sketch Book” alongside his stories “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle”. Washington Irving came from an English family and lived in Britain from 1815 to 1824. He lived in Liverpool from 1815 to 1818 and in Birmingham from 1818 to 1824.

It appears to me that ‘Mrs. Dear’ is giving ‘Mr. Dear’ some ’backseat driving from the front passenger seat — like ALL wives do although quite a few would not do the driving themselves ! ! !

That’s why I won’t buy an electric car.

And if that’s not a good reason, I’ll think of another.

Gee, now THEY’RE going through that stream that Fred always gets stuck in! ;-)

They can only do that if the car is a Ford.

No bridge? Is the road flooded?

Don’t drown the engine!

You had to ford the creek to get to my grandparents house. Or you could come the long way down the mountain from where the county road cut through the orchard.

The only ford I have ever seen was in Ireland. It is on the side of a hill and is very pretty. The water flows down the hill, over the road, and continues down to the sea.

I remember coming across a ford that was just after a 90 degree bend, it was dark and I had a yokel on my tail while allowing satnav to guide around traffic going home. A few weeks later it was in news because a van had got stuck in flooding and washed off road (a good 70cm higher than when I’d gone through)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-20802426

About that time I saw a ford appear across a road – there were signs for it and what was outlet – but in 5 years of using road I’d never seen it flood before.

Not a good practice

Hope the Dears and Fred get out ok

I haven’t encountered a ford since the ‘70s. It was on a road way down in the southern end of the county. I was hoping the ford wouldn’t be a problem as I was driving a Chevy truck. ;]

Wait! I thought this strip was set in England. Why is she on the left if she is driving?

Here in Washington, DC, there’s Milkhouse Ford along Rock Creek. I remember Dad driving through the Park so we could cross – it was a thrill and another reason why we liked visiting Dad’s Uncle Joe! It’s a foot path now. https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/milkhouse-ford-hike.htm