Tonight's weather forecast predicts rain and showers for the next ten days. The Met Office also predicts more rain during the first week of December. We've seen so little serious rain since arriving almost a year ago. After seeing so little rain for so long, we're finally getting a dose of the weather that England's famous for.
The poor weather acutally started in New York earlier this month. It rained for at least five of the nine days I was there. The weather then followed us across the Atlantic. I've taken an umbrella to work almost every day. Garry and I have also taken to carrying an umbrella when we go out in the evening.
Rain brings with it a few more lessons about life in London. First, fallen autumn leaves are incredibly slippy when soaked with rain. Walking down a leaf-strewn street soon becomes a workout worthy of a professional stuntman. Second, a cheap £2 umbrella starts to leak once it's water-saturated. Buy a better umbrella.
Finally, after a week of steady rain we've had a minor damp patch appear on the roof above our (formerly) sunny bedroom nook. How do you repair a steep, leaking roof four floors above the ground without expensive scaffolding?
I guess we should count ourselves lucky. They're currently predicting rain for almost 28 straight days in Hobart, Australia. I'm also not going to complain about the increasingly cold temperatures in London. New Zealand is in the news at the moment thanks to a flotilla of icebergs floating up the coast of the South Island. Last week one of the icebergs was visible from the Dunedin coast. People are paying up to $NZ500 to fly over the icebergs. Not exactly the sort of sightseeing I'd be expecting at the start of Summer.
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Lucky you, getting some rain (except for the leaking ceiling) We are getting desperate, we can't even get one day of rain. We've had a couple of ten minute showers and that's about it. The bush fires are bad and even though they are in the Blue Mountains, we have been getting burnt leaves and the smoke down here, We've seen the icebergs on the news this week. One reporter landed on one, it looked a bit frightening though, very slippery with water washing over it but then, they'll do anything for a story.
I'm glad to see that you're still enjoying the blog. We have incredibly heavy rain falling again this morning - and as I type - its just started to thunder with a spectacular lightening display. Some how I don't think we'll be spending a lot of time outside today!
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