More glorious weather today: sunny and very crisp. Three roads into Oxford were closed to traffic today: so everyone was driving along them, yours truly included. I drove along the Botley Road into Oxford and felt that closing the dratted thing was overkill. There is some surface water still there and streets away from the road are more seriously flooded; but my cursory glance said it's overkill. Lots of people using the road too! Modern Britain! Had a phone call from someone purporting to be from the Institute of Directors today asking for the Managing Director ... I said it was me! He then asked about my address and hung up before I could ask for his business! DW