SIR - On my way to work, cycling along Pope Iron Road, I noticed a placard on a derelict site announcing: "New homes coming soon". This development, approximately 75 yards from the river, flooded in July. It has presumably passed the planning stage, so are the builders raising the homes on stilts, or are they going to provide each household with free wellies, sandbags and a complimentary boat?

ANN TAYLOR, Worcester.