We were all woken this morning at 6.45am by a terrific clap of thunder! Who needs an alarm clock? Outside it was pouring with rain and it continued like that for most of the morning.
The journey to college this morning was horrendous. It wasn't helped by the fact that we came across a learner driver soon after leaving home and I swear it was her very first lesson as she crawled along extremely slowly in the murk and rain. There was a long line of cars all following her and as soon as we were able to, several of us overtook. Not a great move considering the weather! I fully appreciate that people need to learn to drive, and in all weathers, but 8am on a busy weekday morning? It's not fair on people who need to get to work or school!
We then encountered the usual traffic in Moulton and an extremely busy route back home, but at least this time we were going against the mass of cars! About ten minutes from home we came up against another huge irritation - two women riding horses side by side. The weather, if anything, had worsened and it was gloomy and dark. On a narrow stretch of road they still insisted on riding side by side and were completely oblivious to drivers trying to squeeze past. I had to follow them for quite a while as there was a steady stream of cars coming the other way. Who on earth wants to ride a horse in this weather, on busy roads, in the rush hour?
It seems nowadays that any mistake or thoughtless act can be excused by a casual wave of the hand. I've seen some terrible driving lately - really thoughtless and inconsiderate - but as long as the perpetrator waves their hand then that makes everything all right. "Oh, I'm sorry Officer, that I killed your child by my appalling driving...but I did wave my hand in apology!"
The newspapers at the moment are full of stories of people texting or using their phones at the wheel and having accidents, some of which have killed people. I really think it's about time that we put texting/using a phone or hand-held device on a par with drink driving, with stiff sentences to make people think twice about what they're doing and what they're capable of when they're not fully concentrating. It makes me so mad!
Anyway, rant over! The rain continued to fall all morning but we didn't hear any more huge claps of thunder. Keith and I used our free morning to sort out paperwork and do some jobs that we'd been putting off.
In the afternoon, after collecting Sophie from work and Mike from college I did manage to get out into our gravel garden for an hour and rake up loads of dead leaves that had gathered under the bushes. This whole area needs a good pruning and cutting back!
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