It is like a river in its lowliness. Water will always seek the lowest level and the river always threads its way through the valley at its deepest groove. The ancient Greeks regarded fire as the heavenly element because it always tends to ascend. “Fire ascending seeks the sun.” But water, they held, is the element of earth, for it always gravitates earthwards. It is the lowly heart that finds peace. It is like a river in its loveliness. With the beautiful River Wye in her mind’s eye, Frances Ridley