Somebody said today...

... ''It's the wettest drought on record."
It was certainly a touch damp up our way. I did, actually, venture into the garden for a whole 90 secs or so and rattled off a shot or 3, then it occurred that this might be as good a demonstration as any.

I have not the foggiest notion how a flood alert and a flood warning differ, but at one stage of today there were about 140 of one and 18 or so of t'other.

If we flood, Cumbria's DOOMED and under 300-500' of water.

Thing is it'll probably have to rain like this for a month or two to be any good to them down South.