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Big Wetness. And Hail. Yay
As I rounded the corner from North Acton tube and onto Wales Farm Road (yes they farm Welshies in this neck of the woods), the stormclouds in the distance, accompanied by rumblings of thunder and the occasional flash of lightning firmly enhanced my belief that I really wanted to be home sooner rather than later.
I suspect no respectable witch, no matter how wicked, would be out in such weather and would most likely be tucked up safely home with a cup of newt's eyes tea and a copy of Which Witch monthy.
As I headed down towards Gypsy corner, the spots of rain started. Followed by the lightning. One further bend and then the heavens opened.*
It was at this point, I took shelter behind a wall from the increasingly horizontal rain to take my increasingly damp electrics from my sodden pockets into my slightly less sodden bag.
My view at this point was relatively limited.
Although I did get to see the hail pretty close up, and more mportantly, without it trying to scythe out my eyes.
About two minutes later, it eased up enough for me to wander home, although by this point it didn't really make any difference, and to be fair its been a while since I was this wet. However the last time I was this wet I was 10ft below water level with a breathing tank in the Maldives. And then it was considerably warmer.
* I've never thought about it too much but given Hell, in Christian depiction anyway, is all toasty, it kind of makes sense heaven is the opposite, ie full of snow and ice. Which if that is the case, perhaps its not really clouds afterall, just big snow flurries, which if thats the case, Gods rather cruel making everyone wear sandals.
3 Jul 2007 20:49 | (0) comments | Things