Day 326 - November 22

Today we had a bit of a shock - there has been rather heavy rain here in the UK - more in the North of the country where there was terrible flooding, and also quite a lot in the West. But when I looked at the BBC headlines on the Internet today there was another flood-related headline which said "Canoeist Died in Swollen River" - and when I checked it out I found that a) it was somebody we knew, not closely but close enough for him to be a Facebook friend of Sean's and b) it was on a stretch of river that Sean paddles regularly in winter and I have paddled, too, although in easier conditions. Chris, the dead canoeist, was an experienced paddler, too, and of Sean's age. It is scary to think that it could have been Sean...and sad in any case. Such news is always so much harder if it is somebody you know...