Another day under cloud, with spells of torrential rain and violent gusts of wind. Clare went to her study group after breakfast, and I prepared and recorded next week's Morning Prayer and Reflection, taking a break to cook lunch for her return.
At three, we ventured out and walked for seventy five minutes. The Taff at Blackweir Bridge was within an inch of overflowing on to the path. Flood alerts being posted for places all over Wales. More rain was threatened but we only had to content with gusts of strong wind while we walked. Only in the last ten minutes were we subjected to a cloudburst with gusts threatening to demolish the brolly. It was like having a bucket of cold water poured over you! Then it just stopped. While I dried out at home, I returned to working on audio editing and postponed completion of my daily round until the evening.
When I did go out again, the wind had abated somewhat but still blew the drizzle about. My trouser legs got soaked when a car drove through a large puddle on a road that was drying out. No doubt they will dry out with mud splashes. A west wind was blowing the low clouds apart enough to see a few stars, higher fast moving clouds suggested that this storm isn't yet finished with us.
Nothing of interest on telly tonight so I watched the pilot episode of an American forensic crimmie series 'Bones' which has recently appeared on More Four. The scientific detective work is interesting, but US police procedeurals aren't as engaging or subtle as European ones, and guns play an abnormal part in any scenario it seems to me.
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