A waterlogged Nene Valley

I've just returned from another trip to the Nene Valley Railway near Peterborough - not too far from where I live on the edge of the Wash - and enjoyed a ride on a delightful Swedish railcar. For those train buffs among you, the railcar is a Swedish type Y7 built in 1957. The journey was surprisingly comfortable and the passenger compartment was toasty warm. It was my first time on the railcar, and I loved it. I think I've been pulled by most if not all of their existing stock but today's experience was quite unique.

The railway passes over the river Nene at Wansford and I was shocked at how swollen the river was and along the route from Wansford to Peterborough (Nene Valley) Station, the fields were full of water.

In places, the fields had been transformed into lakes and trees stood in several feet of water. I have travelled this line many times and I've never seen the river as full as it is now or the fields so waterlogged. The media are focused on Somerset at the moment - and understandably as they have suffered the most - but travel around the country and scenes such as these are becoming a familiar sight.