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Morning Waiting

Early one morning on the Somerset Levels - A rhyne (Somerset), rhine/rhyne (Gloucestershire), or reen (South Wales) (all pronounced /ˈriːn/ "reen"; from Old English ryne or Welsh rhewyn or rhewin "ditch") is a drainage ditch, or canal, used to turn areas of wetland at around sea level into useful pasture. This area will not be accessible today due to flooding.

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Uploaded on February 7, 2016
Taken on July 30, 2015