Drought?, what drought?

You could be forgiven for thinking that the 1st picture on this post is of a swimming pool not a main road in Essex.

Ever since a drought was declared in the South of England it has not stopped raining. Today for the first time we have localised flooding in my part of Essex. I think it was probably the result of a blocked drain or two but it has not stopped for a whole day solid.

We took the side with lower water but cars were flying through the deeper parts, wickedly we were hoping their engines might conk out and get stuck (mean aren't we)