Leaves cause floods

Autumn leaves on the floor are briefly as attractive as when they are on the trees.  But when leaves and twigs get washed into the stream, as in this recent photo, and block up the culvert . . .

. . . we can get floods.This was last December.

So if you see twigs and leaves blocking the culvert, please get a stick and poke them out on to the bank so that the water can run through and the path doesn't get turned into a quagmire.