Yesterday the weather was appalling. Not as bad as some bits of the country, but rain like I've not often seen. Sheets and sheets of it, bouncing of the pavement, coming sideways and starting to steam as it his off the still warm pavement. I'd seen the grey skey in the morning so wore jeans and trainers - big mistake. I was so wet by the time I got to work I had to get changed. On the way in, the puddles by the kerbs were 3 or 4 inches deep so I improvised some stepping stones by throwing some of the lose bricks in the water ahead of me. It kind of helped a little, but not a lot really. However, it was still very warm so once it stopped raining, everything eas fairly dry
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