Well last night the rain was biblical, so heavy and relentless, that I had to change after walking back the 100 metres from van on the high street to my house, before I went to the pub. I had wondered what it was like up the pass the answer was devastating.
I drove up the pass to work this morning and there had been a pretty impressive landslide just by the cromlech boulders, that covered the whole road, and it was only passable by driving into a layby. Just above this was the evidence of an even more gripping ordeal. A caravan that had been parked in the Cromlech Boulders Layby, had been blown over the wall and into the river, where it was swept down stream, there had been someone in there at the time, but I believe they escaped safely, as the team was stood down for the rescue.
I think it is still there if you want to have a stare!
My day was good, teaching a day refresher for navigation at the brenin. It actually stopped raining and the sun came out for five minutes before it started raining again. Hopefully the rain will stop tomorrow and I can go climbing. Whoppie! Looking forward to handing my thesis in next week and getting climbing again. Anyway, my new gloves that had been so good on a cold day round the lake let me down today, to the extent that I will be reporting on them. Bascially the sticky padding simply fell off in the rain today, the second time I wore them. So looks like I have to deal with customer care from Cotswolds and terra nova next week! Which might be an interesting read as to how I get on with getting them replaced without having to drive back to the shop.