Am quite lucky here, I live on the flood planes of the Severn estuary, but a short drive and I am up on the Cotswolds with its many different hidden valleys and high ridges, been out today for a wander up coaley peak it is a massive steep incline and I could have stopped on the way up for a picknic but when I came over the top could barely stand upright in the wind, plenty of fallen branches about so gathered a big bag before coming back down to torrential rain