title	Cambridge Floods, Curry Night and an Ipswich Monsoon - 10th September 2005
intro	There hadn't been that much in the way of rain for a while, so an afternoon torrent soon floods the junction of Milton Road and the Science Park in Cambridge. Later, it's off to Ipswich to meet up with old Suffolk County Council mates Andrew and Russell, initially at the Grinning Rat pub (or the "Rinning Grat") for a couple of beers - where there's almost a Continental vibe in the air - and then on to Dakha Diner on Tacket Street in Ipswich for some reliably good nosh. The following day, after crashing over at Andrew's, it's in to Ipswich to grab a few more photos of Urban Decay, including some of the shop that gave Nosher food poisoning from a Saltfish bagel in 1997, and then a few pics of people caught out in what seems to becoming almost a UK monsoon season. Later, there's a diversion to Wortham to see what looks like a derelict cottage but where someone is actually still living, apparently. Finally, a balloon goes up over at the Oaksmere.
imgp0077	A car negotiates Lake Milton
imgp0081	The flooded junction
imgp0090	Another car braves the floods
imgp0092	A fish's-eye view
imgp0096	The flood covers the whole width of Milton Road
imgp0103	The beer garden of the Grinning Rat in Ipswich
imgp0106	Russell points to two St. Edmund House plant pots
imgp0107	In the Dakha Diner, pre-ambling on Bombay mix
imgp0109	Andrew in the Dakha
imgp0111	Andrew and Russell
imgp0112	The lads raise a beer
imgp0118	The Dakha is strangely empty for a Friday night
imgp0121	Andrew mills about on Saturday morning
imgp0122	Andrew points to Milo
imgp0124	Milo miaows by the door
imgp0129	Feeding the fish
imgp0134	Andrew points to one of his prized marrows
imgp0135	Andrew's marrows
imgp0136	The back of the house
imgp0137	Milo the cat
imgp0140	Andrew's garden
imgp0141	Milo peers out from his favourite hiding place
imgp0147	The remains of the Ipswich Bagel Bakery
imgp0148	More dereliction on Upper Orwell Street
imgp0150	Close up to the Ipswich Bagel Bakery
imgp0151	The closed-down "Fruits of the Earth"
imgp0153	Another sad, failed, shop
imgp0154	A bunch of lads outside the closed-down Ice Bar
imgp0155	Outside Ice Bar
imgp0158	On the very top of Westgate Street
imgp0159	Ipswich monsoon season strikes
imgp0163	More rain on Westgate Street
imgp0165	Wet cobbles on Westgate Street
imgp0172	It's truly lashing
imgp0173	Umbrellas and buggies
imgp0207	The derelict cottage in Wortham
imgp0215	There's actually someone living in it
imgp0216	A view from the garden
imgp0217	The Oaksmere's drive
imgp0218	A fan inflates the balloon
imgp0220	Inside the balloon's envelope
imgp0252	The passengers pile into the basket
imgp0257	The balloon lifts off
imgp0261	It's up, up and away
imgp0277	A carpet of dead leaves