This is a very belated post about the scene that welcomed us back to Glasgow after our short break in Dublin. We had a wet summer, a wet autumn, and the rain didn't stop. In years gone by, the Cart would flood with such amounts of rain. Thanks to improved flood prevention, in spite of persistent and heavy rain, it has not flooded in a good while. One evening I ventured out and went for a very wet stroll. I had checked the depth of the Cart an hour earlier, and although it was still raining, it had actually gone down by about 20 cm. Still, the pictures show how close to flooding it had come. A small stream had become a powerful brown force between the glorious autumn leaves.