Noah must have looked across the landscape before the floods and I bet it was one of those rare moments when the sky cleared and he saw sunshine, white fluffy clouds high up, and a blue sky beyond. That’s right now, it’s so beautiful outside. Makes a change from the drenching I got this morning walking to work.

Oh yes, did I mention that we have rain, rain and more rain due in the next few days? More flooding expected. They were cleaning out the River Lud tonight, getting rid of the rubble that had built up, and it’s about time. Wrong place mind you, because just near McLeod’s where the river goes underneath the bridge there’s loads of rubble there too. If it floods there, all of Westgate, Eastgate, Mercer Row and the main centre of town will flood…