There has been a good deal of flooding in Bedfordshire in recent days particularly along the River Great Ouse. I was reminded of this photograph from a couple of years ago. The trig point shown above is the highest point of the Pegsdon Hills and the view is looking out across Bedfordshire.

 I've written a number of entries about this range of chalk hills which are the easternmost tip of the Chilterns. Mainly this is a diary about botany but a bit of geography is noteworthy in this case. The hills form a section of the watershed between the London Basin and the Wash i.e. the rains drain one way or the other. Rain that fell hereabouts will be contributing to the deluge that's heading east across Bedfordshire.