My brother and his family are driving down to St.Ives in Cornwall. They set off last night at 10pm, hoping to miss the worst of the traffic.
They've just called now to say they are only near Bristol. Apparently parts of the M5 are under three feet of flood water. Traffic is being re-routed on to country lanes because it's so bad. They stopped at a service station, but so has everyone else, and the place has run out of food and drink.
The British summer, what a washout.
