What a difference a day makes

 After the rains

Yesterday as was forecast it rained and it better rained. We were feeling rather thankful that we had chosen the Kayak model of motorhome for we felt that we might be in need of it's kayaking abilities if the rain persisted much more. We knew that we had our 5km to cover again today and the forecast was that the rain would cease at 11am. I had work appointments up till 11 am so we felt good that we'd be able to do the walk after that.

11am and guess what? The rain had indeed stopped and although it was far from bright and more than a tad chilly we set off to get our Ks in. The river alongside the Kayak had swollen. You might remember this picture yesterday?

Well here is the same shot taken today after 24 hours of incessant rain.


You will be pleased to know that we completed our 5km in dry conditions, well a smidgeon damp underfoot, but above gorund all stayed dry. That's day 2 completed and only 29 to go!

Mountie Jack (remember him?) has been nipping my ear that he has not had a mention for some time and so I agreed over lunch that he could have his picture included today if he promised not to whinge on and on about it. Here he is preparing his cheese triangle. he is rather partial to cheese and crackers.


I have had to warn him though, if he get more likes and fanmail than me then that's it. He doesn't get to feature again. I must say though he does look rather handsome.

This is our third day in this location but tomorrow we head up to the outskirts of Paris and we are so excited to meet Rachel and Benoit and the girls again after several years. I can feel a good session coming on. If you were in the British School of Bahrain at the same time as us and you feel your ears burning in the next couple of days, it'll be us talking about you.

Here are a few more pictures from our walks
The ducks busily doing what ducks do




Ok let's hope for some sunshine as we head towards Paris. This is like Scotland!





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