18 August 2004
The English weather is well-known for its unpredictability and drenching rain but not for cyclones or tropical storms. However, this summer something’s changed. We’ve been having some dreadful and scary weather patterns. It’s been raining, and I mean raining for days. We see the occasional bursts of brilliant sunshine but then the rain clouds plunge us into menacing darkness!
The other day, a small picturesque village in North Cornwall was devastated when two of its rivers burst their banks. It’s a sight seen in other parts of the world and definitely NOT in sleepy coastal towns like Boscastle. Thanks to the emergency crews no one was seriously hurt but the damage was terrible. The footages were amazing as well. I was glued on the telly watching 4x4s, people movers, vans, cars and mature trees make their way to the open seas. It was a terrifying sight. In a way it was miraculous that no human life was lost!
We’d be heading to the Isles of Scilly, off Land’s End in Cornwall, next week. I just hope we get some nice summer weather. It would be a shame to end this so-called summer this way. Autumn is upon us and we haven’t had decent weather yet!
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