Camp Swampy

You gets what you pays for. I was the first to register an interest in a plot for which there subsequently was a huge demand. One winter storm later, and it seemed apparent why we had such a beautiful bargain. It is the one plot which is the "village sink", with up to five streams converging on it. And judging by the high-water marks, we ain't seen nothin' yet. Wife E. rightly says, I think, that if we build we'll have to build on stilts. Son M. said, on seeing the land swamped for the first time, that he'll soon be bragging to his friends that his dad bought a river. But it is beautiful -- and quite unique. See also Flooding.