The Day That The Rains Came Down

Kamj

Allira

At last - the thirsty garden needs it, we've been watering the pots so it's very welcome. Let's hope it will dampen down any wildfires too.

But, of course, it's the first day of the school holidays!

If only we could turn it on overnight and off in the day-time.

First day of school holidays? Ours been off since 4th back 22nd

Wales and some schools in England on the border broke up last Friday. 🙂

watermeadow

Well, it would be raining in south Wales, wouldn’t it?
Here in southern England we’ve had almost none for the last two months. The grass is as brown as late summer but still the trees are bursting into leaf and blossom.

True 😄

Rain? Wot rain?🤔

Rained much of yesterday. The woodland walk needed wellies for protection.
Today it’s fine and sunny again, but only 11°.

Allira

At last - the thirsty garden needs it, we've been watering the pots so it's very welcome. Let's hope it will dampen down any wildfires too.

But, of course, it's the first day of the school holidays!

If only we could turn it on overnight and off in the day-time.

First day of school holidays? Ours been off since 4th back 22nd

I don’t think it’s stop raining for any length of time since Tuesday here in Kirkintilloch

It rained her quite a lot yesterday afternoon, to the extent that the roads were flooded, but it's very windy today so I think it will dry out again very quickly. I only garden in pots now so it's simpler to keep the plants alive.

No more rain but plenty of wind. It's cloudy but bright, sun's just peeking through. .

Let the cat out at 2.45am ( don’t ask!) and it was hammering it down. None since then and OH watered everything last night!

There was rain overnight but it was very windy here!!
The sky is darkening again now and the wind has died down a bit.

A huge clap of thunder last yesterday evening sure made me jump. And then all hell let loose, thunder, lightning, wind, heavy rain. I didn't sleep.....

Very wet and stormy night, in Carmarthenshire

I wish we could have some rain. It is so dry here, everything is wilting and the ‘grass’ is just a brown mat. All our rain seems to have gone up north to Queensland. We had a 10 year drought back in the 80 s and it feels like that again.

Well, it would be raining in south Wales, wouldn’t it?
Here in southern England we’ve had almost none for the last two months. The grass is as brown as late summer but still the trees are bursting into leaf and blossom.

It's been a pleasant, cloudy but dry afternoon here.

Steady rain all night, but looking today the plants under shrubs etc, were still bone dry. So it hasn’t penetrated.

Yellow weather warning for rain in Wales and Northern Ireland!!

Been pouring here since breakfast time . S W Wales

And all I've had in London was a spit and a spot, desperately need some persistent light rain to give it a chance of soaking into my London clay.

Witzend

I’ve had to do a lot of watering, esp. one bed that badly needed weeding - the ground was rock hard.
We’ve had a little rain, not enough though, but it’s bound to rain over the bank holiday weekend, isn’t it?

Of course it will! Remember the continuous lovely Easter weather and May Bank holidays in recent years? Yes that's right 2020 when we were all in lockdown. Typical!

I’ve had to do a lot of watering, esp. one bed that badly needed weeding - the ground was rock hard.
We’ve had a little rain, not enough though, but it’s bound to rain over the bank holiday weekend, isn’t it?

The rain has just started here, gentle and hardly enough to moisten ground surface. Not enough for my almost empty large water butts. A few days of this and then a big deluge would be helpful. Sudden heavy rain on dry dusty ground is not good, it runs off

Air pressure has slowly fallen to 996 and is now steady. I don`t think there will be any nasty rain event, not in s somerset anyway

It felt too cool in the house today, I had turned the ch off. Stove lit at 8, it has a fan on top, the whole house is now cosy and the fire is dying down

kittylester

No rain here in North Leicestershire but I do love that song.

It rained, hurrah, in South Leicestershire over night. Grey looking now so expect more.

Nothing more here but some is promised for this afternoon - just when I'm going out!

wonderful.. we had lots of rain overnight