Longney Lane, Epney by Edith Villas the water begane to rise and fill the road at mid-day.

Vehicles and cyclists found the volume of water hard to navigate.

Road edges had long disappeared and motorists had to be patient to get through.

A few went to fast causing flooding in neighboring houses.

These two were lucky not to be swamped.

As an hour later they would have had another 6 inches to wade through.

Fields along side Castle Lane became lakes.

Casting the water that they could no longer hold on to the road, which at times was axle deep and resembled spring melts in the Alpes.

Orchards became mangrove swamps.

By the morning Castle Lane at Parkend bridge was impassable with water up to the brake shoes of my bike, and only a steady hand and effort prevented me being capsized.

Saul saw Church Lane flood with several houses needing pumps. The post was late.

But everyone new how and when it would arrive, waiting at the end of their drive in wellies.

Some not quite prepared for the depth of water.

But the Postman had been prepared with a canoe to deliver the post.