Last night it rained and rained and rained – along with thunder and lightning. The impact of the volume of water on the physical environment has been significant: locally, we have debris in the roads and parts of the road surface itself damaged:

So I decided to reflect on water today: managed and playful on the South Bank

and racing along channels that are normally much quieter, and where I first spotted the little egret and the ducklings, at home (compare with Day 3 and Day 9, part 2):

And reflecting images with often astonishing clarity – these are, again, from the South Bank:

We are used to water in the suburbs – and complain during hotter periods when our gardens wilt for lack of it -but over the past few weeks it has been easy only to grumble about the inconvenience it can cause. Today I enjoyed looking for the upsides of unexpected images and reflections.