In pictures: Record-breaking rains

England and Wales have suffered the wettest autumn since records began 234 years ago. BBC News Online looks back at the soggiest autumn since 1766.

Making the most of a Sunday day trip to York racecourse

Muddier than usual at Bath Rugby Club

In Bewdley, Worcestershire, 200 homes and businesses are under several feet of water

Soldiers ferry schoolchildren through the floodwaters

Pedal power: An all-weather form of transport

Crippled rail services are further set back by flooded railway lines

Children wait as their school bus struggles through rising waters at Norton Fitzwarren near Taunton, Somerset