RAIN. Not rain or even Rain with a capital R but full on RAIN. I was under orders to get the washing in if it started but me and the washing got soaked in seconds. A whole day's worth of rain in 10 minutes.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Sorry to harp on but I couldn't resist a peak at the BBC local weather forecast this evening. At 6.50pm it was forecasting a 95% chance of rain 7-8pm and 85% 8-9pm. Sod it, I thought, doesn't look like I'll get that wet so I went for a run at 7pm. Apart from the screaming lungs and aching bones, it was a perfectly pleasant summer evening's trot - lots of blue sky, wispy cloud and folk out and about enjoying the last of the daylight. Must have been hammering down at the other end of the valley I suppose
Our third breakage happened this morning - a spring in the sitting room door handle broke. I can rest easy now there's been the three mishaps - I hope!
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