Rain & Hail...

Flood! It had been threatening all day, black sky and obvious downpours over the mountain range in front of the cave. Mid afternoon the neighbours dropped by to collect a parcel - this is when the first onslaught came. Hail and big hail at that! Assesing the damage the day after revealed almost every plant in the garden being peppered as if it had met a shotgun.



After that we decided a good old beer was in order so we helped shifting the parcel (any excuse:) around to the neighbours house other side of the hamlet. What happened next was something I have never seen before in my life.... The rain came, gradually at first, then heavier and heavier and heavier. At that point for some reason everyone piled into the bathroom - apparently this is where you can guage the rain by the gutter above the bathroom window in this particular cave....



A minute later you couldnt see out of the window, similar to a mudslide we realised very quickly that it was the roof that was passing before our eyes and then,
GET A MOP!!!!!! the rain came down so heavy is put 3 inches of water on the patio within minutes and it all came through the front door.

Imagine the volume of water from a full bath suddenly being released by your front door, mops towels, anything we could get our hands on to stop that water! Eventually of course we did, drenched having used farmyard brushes to get the water away from outside we won - just. Then it was time to go home sharpish to see our own cave and how the patio had faired....