I have been a bad gardener recently. I just haven't been to the allotment for more than the bare minimum of time for over a week. This is due to children, my husband's band and his gigs, family birthdays and my 4 year olds hectic social schedule. So yesterday afternoon I checked the BBC weather forecast online. "Great" I thought "no rain forecast now", and after I had made dinner, off to the allotment I went. I did a large amount of brilliant weeding when I felt the tell tale spots of a shower of rain. "Oh it won't be much" I thought as I kept going. Then the heavens opened. And I was drenched. I reasoned at that point that I couldn't get any wetter and it was easing off. Keep going for a while. After another 15 minutes the most amazing thunder storm I have ever been out in occurred. The thunder and lightening was biblical and the rain was torrential. I am a person who loves "exciting" weather. By that point I ran for home, and ended up taking shelter in the chippy half way. A portion of chips later and another mad dash for the finishing line and I was home. Soaked but slightly exhilarated. And I harvested a lettuce and some radish.
At least I didn't have to get the hosepipe out to water which I had planned on doing!!!!
