We weren't as badly affected here, just south of Selby, as might have been expected. Gowdall, the village devastated in 2000, had some water gathering in the fields at the higher end of it and across the top of the main street (I think it gathers in a dip) but it was mainly unaffected. The Aire didn't come up as high as I thought it might: it only just spilled a bit into the flood plain.

My son works in flood defence in Cardiff, and he has warned about this coming weekend.

This is just typical - he is coming up on Sunday for Ruth's 21st party (hopefully a BBQ - yeah, right!); I am spending tonight and Saturday night in a tent for a weekend of dance near Southport, which is on the West coast, and in the direction from which the next lot is due to arrive! See me hurriedly packing gear into plastic sacks and running for home early!

Not only that, I am halfway through having my roof replaced.

Andrea