The UK has been battered by a succession of Atlantic storms over the past few months, bringing strong winds and torrential rain. This followed a very wet and miserable summer and autumn so everywhere the ground is sodden.
Named storms this year, some worse than others, have been Agnes, Babet, Ciaran, Debi, Elin, Fergus, Gerrit and Henk, which is clearing away from the British Isles as I write this.
Sometimes it feels like it will never end. (more…)