Re: Row, row, row your boat....

On 22/7/07 12:59, "Steve Criddle" wrote:
> I believe it was Stuart Rogers who once wrote:
> 
> ~ Apparently much of southern England's been getting a right good
> ~ pissing on:
> ~ 
> ~ See what happens when the weather bunny goes on leave for a week?
> ~ 
> ~ Stuart, nice and sunny day here in Exeter.
> 
> Never seemed to reach us here in Folkestone.  Both yesterday and
> Friday were forecast as heavy rain but we didn't seem to get any.

Exeter's been largely rain free - the only bit I came across
was when I was driving past Bristol on the M5 last Tuesday.  (80
miles north oe Exeter.)  It was absolutely bucketting down.  No
matter, the Gordano Services were only a couple of miles away -
I could wait out the storm there.  By the time I reached the
services the rain had gone, so I decided to press on instead.
Big mistake.  Less than a minute after passing the junction, we
got dumped on big time.  There was no atmosphere as such, just a
vertical sea with slots.  I could barely see the vehicle in front,
and I found myself aquaplaning a couple of times.  I've driven in
heavy rain many times, but this was the first time I could say it
was truly frightening.

Stuart, big scaredy-bunny