Lots More Rain

Lots more rain on Thursday whether it was the right rain or not who knows. It was definitely of the wet variety.

We’d pre-booked tickets for the Harrogate Spring Flower Show. It was tipping with rain when we set off. We thought it prudent to take our walking boots expecting the fields where cars are parked to be boggy. We weren’t wrong and were glad we’d taken along some decent footwear.

It was fine when we arrived around lunch time so we had a quick look around the exhibition gardens outside. There were plenty of dark clouds over head and it was spitting with rain most of the time.

The drier spell didn't last and it poured down with rain. Most folks made for the indoor exhibition halls but some more hardy souls decided to sit it out outside.

There was plenty to see inside but I’m always a little bit disappointed by the coverage fruit and vegetables get at these sorts of shows.  The flowers certainly made for some beautiful displays though.

It continued to rain for most of the day. By late evening the month’s total passed the 100mm (4”) mark. It’s only the second time since October 2009 when I set up my weather station that we've passed this amount of rain in one month. November 2009 holds the record at 118.3mm so still a little way to go to beat that.