On October 12th and 13th, Storm Callum dropped a lot of rain in South Wales. Many places further up the Usk valley than Abergavenny had aound 200mm of rain in 48 hours – more than they usually get in the whole of October. The results on the Meadows were dramatic.

But this is what flood meadows are supposed to do: give the surge of water somewhere to go so the floods are reduced downstream. Indeed although the Llanfoist Bridge water gauge appears to have recorded its highest lev el ever, further downstream the levels were less extreme.