At around 2am last night I was awakened by the sound of absolutely torrential rain. It was bucketing down, terrific noise. We've had such a long drought, and I was worried that the concrete-hard earth wouldn't be able to absorb the deluge, and we'd have flooding.
I got up as usual at 5am for my morning cup of tea, and had a look outside. No floods thank goodness,and the water has filtered down nicely. I bet the river Wensum has risen. This sometimes floods the road out of this village. Hope not! But many of the village children have purchased paddle-boards recently, and they may come in useful now!