Oh look ...

This is me, sitting in the car, having taken Elder Son to work, waiting to pick up Younger Son. And it's raining. Again. It's not even 3 pm and it's dark.
Sigh.
The Met Office have issued a 3-day amber weather warning for the west country. Amber means: Be prepared. There is an increased likelihood of bad weather affecting you, which could potentially disrupt your plans and possibly cause travel delays, road and rail closures, interruption to power and the potential risk to life and property. Amber means you need to be prepared to change your plans and protect you, your family and community from the impacts of the severe weather based on the forecast from the Met Office.

In other news, next week I'm starting a series of 6 days of Continuing Professional Development and I'm really, really looking forward to it. It's been developed by the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics, and I've heard some excellent reports about this training. There's just one snag: I have to travel to the other side of Taunton, a round trip of about 100 miles. It's not the distance that bothers me - it's the fact that quite a few roads between here and there have been closed because of flooding...