The Olympic Torch was scheduled to go through our village today, and I was duly asked to take pictures for my brother over there in sunny California.
My wide and I stood for around an hour in the pouring rain, and howling gale, to find that the runners with the torch were inside a bus, and thus we missed them.
Today is the first day of summer. So far I have had over and inch of rain since midnight, not yet 1700 here, and gusts up to 43 mph. There is standing water everywhere, broken branches and leaves , my anemometer masts look like they are at a disco, and the cats have had a pyjama day. I have a wedding tomorrow as well.
So if this is summer roll on winter. Looking at the GRIB data for next week it should get warmer, the rain that is!!!!!!
Best wishes
Mike