Mother Nature

It's wet, wet and it's wet. There have been 50 days of rain.  Huge swathes of the countryside are flooded - particularly those areas visited by England's longest river, the Severn.

• The Severn - its winding and circuitous route falling only a hundred metres over hundreds of miles. 

• The Rain - water from the sky, driven by the wild, wild wind.

• Humans - not so immune to the weather as we might think.  No amount of science can make us master of the whims of …

• Mother Nature - whose wet hand is raised in defiance as she reminds us:- "I am in control".

There are days when I feel like taking up canoeing. But I am a cyclist first, and Mother Nature's work is all the inspiration I need to love the life-affirming hobby I have, without following the urge to try something else!