Water we going to do now?

The heavy rains, prevalent over the last few days, continue to inundate the low parts of the forest; the ground there is beyond saturation point and even higher ground is becoming wet and spongy under foot. Brooks and creeks having risen further, regularly scoure thin poor soils to expose the gravel sub soils. A few years ago they began the process of returning some of the brooks and streams to their pre Victorian (straightened)courses in order to reduce drainage and re establish 'Bog Woodland'; they're certainly succeeding. The brook side woodland looks akin to the Everglades with trees pooping up through areas of standing and running water; the course of the brook hard to define (in the picture the river is running 10m or so to the left edge of frame). The paths I'd been using for months have disappeared and new routes need identifying; all ad hock crossing points are gone, only the 2 small foot bridges provide access to the other banks. This is a natural and in no way a bad thing, as you're encouraged to find alternative paths and in the process see the land a new. It's incredible how different a walk can look merely by altering your course by a few meters. Trees you'd seen a hundred times take on a wholly new appearance with new shapes and forms; new vistas open up stunningly new views of what was thought familiar. You see things in places you've you'd not seen before. Top buzz.