Torrential rain – 29th June 2009

I nearly didn’t take either dog out today.  At about 5.00pm we had a torrential downpour that filled the road drain and washed down our steps like a waterfall.  Its a wonder that it didn’t come into the house.  Half an hour later it had stopped, leaving us with a level of humidity you rarely feel in this country.  I headed off down to the river as it was likely to be the only place that had a breeze…I was wrong, it was still, humid and wet.

Both dogs had some exercise but that was it.  Grace ran off lead and Archie ran on a lunge line.  I did no training, seeming to spend all my time keeping the lunge line from dragging in mud and puddles.  I failed miserably and got very wet and muddy.  The dogs had a reasonable time I suspect, that was all.

The river, swollen by the sudden downpour, was brown.  I have never seen it this colour.  It was like something from the depths of a South American jungle.