Rain Rain, Go Away

It has been raining and raining and raining.

Good for the garden, but rather sad for the holiday makers.

View from the Three Mackeral

First born and I went out for lunch yesterday. We sat outside at a fashionable café overlooking Swanpool Beach. Whilst waiting for the waitress, the heavens opened.

There were raindrops the size of teacups. There was thunder and lightning. There were even a couple of diminutive tornadoes in Helston, the next town over, but we didn’t find that out until evening.

We sheltered and then dashed over to another fashionable café at another beach, which has more indoor tables. We laughed, as the sewers overflowed all over the beach. Victorian drainage systems struggle to cope with sudden downpours, as well as modern washing and toilet habits.

Anyway, on a lighter note, I have included some photos I took on the way to lunch. We walked through Queen Mary Gardens, which has a respectable display of late summer blooms.

Crinium Lilies

Sedums - just starting to turn pink


Salvias and Daisies

Cosmos, Salvia and Daisies

Myrtle x

P.S. Apologies for the lack of photos and posts lately. I have had a busy summer. Blogger is quite bogged down with its new beta-blogger service. There seem to be a lot of teething troubles. Mx