You wait months for proper rain, then months' worth of rain falls at once – in the space of about five hours on Monday morning to be precise – after an already wet end to Sunday. The stream went from a gentle murmur to a brown, raging torrent in a matter of minutes, sweeping all before it. We had a damaging flash flood in December and while Monday's spate wasn't quite so violent, it seems that our weather continues to lurch from one extreme to another. By early evening, when this picture was taken, the waters had receded, revealing a re-contoured stream-bed strewn with slates and silt. It's amazing to think that there are plants, fish and invertebrates adapted to life in such a dynamic environment.
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