Well, that was quite some week of weather. Of course we really needed the rain and the consistent and sometimes reasonably heavy rain on Tuesday was really helpful and made a big difference to the ease of working in the garden; the forecast had from memory said it would then be dry for the rest of the week, so I was completely unprepared for the hail on Thursday afternoon and we also had some rain on Friday morning.
For the whole week, accordingly to Peter, there was 42.9 mm of rain and I am assured that is a lot for a week and there were 5 days on which it rained. Last year, also after a number of very dry weeks, there was yet another dry week.
During the month of April there were 59.4 mm of rain in total, with 7 wet days and 23 dry ones. According to the BBC, April was the sunniest April on record. Anyway, it is good to have had the water as there is no doubt it was much needed.
On Thursday there was the most extraordinary but brief storm with thunder, lightning, very strong winds and hail!
In case you did not have hail where you are there are two pictures of it below, one taken in Pam Ffoulkes-Roberts garden and the second at Skinners Cottage.
As Carolyn Shaw said the flag irises appear to be early this year and to show you that Amberley is not far behind Houghton, Sarah F-R took these photos of Jenny and Mike Toynbee and their irises outside their front door on Thursday (before the hail storm I think as the sun appears to be shining).
Just as Ray was about to publish this post a rather handsome great spotted woodpecker started to demolish peanuts from the feeder immediately outside his desk area. Apologies for the quality of the photo but we thought she (we think) deserved a starring role. It seems to be a good year for woodpeckers as we often hear them whilst we are cycling
Look out for more next week, including photos from Ian and Val Galbraith, Linda, Grahame and Di and Guy and Mary.
Best wishes
Rosemary
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