It's been raining here for 2 days or so. DD phones from Oxford to say the she had been up since 8 a.m. helping neighbours to scoop backed up drains water out of their basements - ankle deep , nice !! No, the fire brigade no longer help domestic floods with pumps and men, sorry . Best contact your council - who of course don't function on Sundays so you're on your own with flooded basements in Oxford !! Social distancing out of the question there today as chain gangs of neighbours wake up to help each other - a quiet day of virtual Church, roast dinners an dreading the paper by the fire sounds bliss !! Count your blessings any grumblers out there - and, sadly, there seem to be plenty of those among our silver haired generation! Cheer up - you good be bucketing out drain water rather than sitting by the fire !