Torrential Rainstorm!

[Smowball]

How odd - earlier this evening I was talking to MrSmow about weather in general. It’s been a gorgeous sunny warm day all day, and he said when was the last time we had a real thunderstorm, ie proper thunder, lightning, rain etc, and I said god knows!! Can’t even remember when. Went to bed to read etc, bout half hour ago I thought what on earth is that noise?? Looked outside and it’s probably some of the heaviest rain I’ve ever seen - our road is like a river!! It’s literally flood bound. No lightning etc but it looks mad lol!

[hellywelly4]

In the 1950s I was sent on a course to Hindhead in Surrey. I was there for about a month during June/July and have never seen so many thunderstorms. It was near The Devil's Punch Bowl.