Tempest

We have not had a storm like Eleanor but we have had strong winds and lots of rain and this pattern is forecast to continue for the next week or so.

John toured the village yesterday to record the current level of flooding and the state of the little river Ceou which runs through the valley. In the summer it dries up completely and we have seen it with out water in February. However a few days of rain changes it's character completely.

We went to Cahors yesterday and saw that the Lot was a chocolate colour and very high, that spells trouble. So we were not surprised when the local council notified road closures with similar measures for the Dordogne which is equidistant from us.

On Saturday the lid of my Heath Robinson cold frame blew off and smashed. We have a spare piece so were repairing it this morning when John noticed that a very large dead tree had fallen over in the front garden. We have no idea when this happened. More work for him I fear. We were actually pleased that it had come down.

 

So we then made a tour of the rest of the garden giving a push to all the dead trees to see if they would follow suit. One nearly fell but the others refused to budge.

 

However more winds are predicted so they may succumb.