Damper

The woods became damper today as the march towards saturation and submersion continues. Every shallow ditch and gully, engorged with rain water run off, flow with purpose through the woods and heath, creating a myriad of obstacles of varying size and form. Through Red Rise the flow of the Brook has increased and now, bolstered by the mass migration of water from the surrounding land and continuing rain, challenges its banks in several places. The nature of the rain fluctuates between light drizzle and intense deluge, when heavy the noise is intense and fills the senses as the rain drops rattle through the naked boughs and strike the sodden floor below. The shape of things to come.