366 Photos - 326 - A Bit Damp...

[byslantedlight]

I had to go to Yeovil for an appointment today, and it was raining, but I took a couple of sort of colourful pics, and thought this was going to be about as exciting as it got, considering the grey skies and vast quantities of rain coming down...

I did a few chores - including finally getting my hands on the Vodafone Sure Signal box I'd been promised weeks ago. Got it home, opened the box, and... sure enough, the instructions said plug into your broadband router. Which would be fine, if I hadn't repeatedly asked the guy on the phone who offered it to me in exchange for continuing my contract Are you sure it only plugs into an electricity socket - nowhere else? No, he said, just the socket, simple as that. No, it's not connected to your internet... *headdesk* Of course it bloody is. That's how they all work. That's why I wasn't convinced when he first offered it to me. Cos when I'd asked about it in the shops aaages before, they'd said it was something you plugged into your router. Which would normally be fine, but it's not my router! Gaah! Bloody Vodafone... If I had my own router etc. it wouldn't be a problem to start with, cos I'd also have my own landline... *headdesk*

And then... I looked out my window, and the sky seemed to have cleared a bit behind the stables, where the sun sets, and there was a pink-ish glow, so I thought I'd see if I could take something a bit more interesting... and wow. We can haz a lake!

Then I heard a peculiar lot of splashing from the main road - and in the few hours since I'd got home, the drains had flooded over and cars were swimming through it! I'd actually done my share of car-swimming along the link-lane I use to get to the A37. It's at the bottom of a hill, and the water often floods down from the fields onto the road in winter - but I'd never seen it covered as much as it was this morning in so many places. And it's only been raining a day! I came home the other way to avoid what I presumed would only have gotten worse - and a few hours later, the main road is getting worse too. Luckily I have nowhere I need to be tomorrow!

That front field isn't usually under water either - its where the sheep live!

I hope no one gets too damp, and that everyone drives safely - but it does make for more exciting photos than I was expecting to post... *g*

Comments

[hagsrus.livejournal.com]

"Luckily I have nowhere I need to be tomorrow!"

That's always such a good feeling when the outlook is foul - along with "I have enough food to make dinner tomorrow."

That's a gorgeous carpet of leaves photo!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The leaves really caught my eye - they looked brighter in real life, too. Their shapes were so beautiful with no other leaves falling around them to distract the eye!

And oh yes, it's a lovely feeling, isn't it! Although I found myself thinking that I should get to the post office today, since I didn't yesterday... hmmn!

[fiorenza-a.livejournal.com]

I don't believe I've ever officially worked Yeovil...

They say there's a sweet spot where the bow wave clears the engine and you can pelt straight through - I err on the side of caution and financial prudence and test my breaks immediately after clearing water.

CI5 doesn't pick up my garage tab :0)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Well, I probably don't expect you to have worked in every town I ever mention, so that's okay! *g*

Definitely better to be cautious on weather-y roads, and keep an eye on wet brakes! I suspect some of the sirens I heard yesterday may have been people who decided they didn't need to...

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

I love the pictures of the leaves. So colorful! They almost look as if someone laid them out, the colors are exactly where they should be.

And so much water! I do hope the rain has let up some. I'd hate for the sheep to have to stand in standing water, though I would think that someone would move them if that was the case.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

The leaves were so pretty - beautiful starry shapes, and as you say, exactly as if they'd been laid out on purpose to look good! *g*

I must admit I've not been out today - cos it carried on raining...! It was more drizzley than the proper rain we had yesterday though, so hopefully won't have added too much more... And Landlord looks after his sheep very well - in fact he wandered down to see them and make sure they were okay when I was taking photos yesterday, so I'm sure he'll have moved them if it looked worrying for them. There's only about ten of them, so they should have fit pretty well in the unflooded bits of the field!

[loxleyprince.livejournal.com]

Crikey, woman, forget cars - what you need is a canoe!
The sunset does look lovely over the lake, mind. Just hope the sheep aren't somewhere at the bottom of it. Or the lad who lied about the Vodafone Sure Signal box...
Do you know, I can't think of a single fic in which Bodie and Doyle are marooned overnight in the middle of a flooded field... *g*

Edited to add - this was our sunrise this morning - really unusual (and I've not adjusted the colours at all)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oooh, nice sunrise! Although - red sky in morning, sailors take warning... hope you're not paying for it now! *g*

For some reason when I re-read the bit about B/D being marooned in the car in a flooded field, I immediately pictured the scene in My Cousin Vinny where Vinny and Lisa have had to spend the night in the car in the middle of a field cos everywhere else was too noisy. And then a thunderstorm broke out. *g* And in the morning everything's slippery with mud... *g* Only I'm imagining our lads in the middle of a field, and... *g*

Nice idea about the Vodafone Customer Service guy...!

[loxleyprince.livejournal.com]

....waking up to find the Capri sill-deep in water, with a veritable menagerie of soggy animals taking refuge on the bonnet... :-)

[ariss-tenoh.livejournal.com]

That last picture feels spooky! XD

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, I thought that when I saw it, but you're the first person to say so! *g*