It rained all afternoon and evening. It was still raining when we went to bed at 11.30 having checked the indoor water features in the cellar (they were flowing well, very pretty, we fed them some old towels to soak into).
This morning it was dry and bright and we went out to explore. The spoil from the swimming pool which had been carefully placed to smooth out a steep bank has travelled further into the field.
There has been so much rain over the last two weeks that there really isn't anywhere else for it to go. The culverts are all full, the streams, which are usually dry in the summer, are overflowing dramatically, and down in the lower field (not ours) there is a new lake being fed by water pouring down the valley taking whatever path it can.
The village is one of the lowest sitting in the area and we are so pleased that we live half way up a hill and not down at the bottom.
Monsieur D's cows were huddled together by the gate, yesterday morning I had seen them sitting beside the stream at the lowest point. They had the foresight to move up before the water got too high and cut them off.
Monsieur D's cows were huddled together by the gate, yesterday morning I had seen them sitting beside the stream at the lowest point. They had the foresight to move up before the water got too high and cut them off.
While we were out taking photos this morning, guess what?
It started raining. And we're not out of the woods yet.
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