I don't know what all the fuss is about the weather in the UK. When not looking for a cup of tea, the natives around here are always complaining about the weather.
When we got here in February it snowed on the beach at Brighton which was awesome. I guess you could argue that that was bad whether, transport services across the country ground to a halt, and schools were closed. But it was the middle of winter and it did snow on the beach!
Since then however the weather has been great. Last week was particularly balmy with temperatures getting well above 30 in the capital. A heat wave apparently.
Today we got the first really awful weather. It started about 3/4 of an hour before I finished work and rapidly progressed from torrential rain to hailstones the size of your knuckle bones. And then it abruptly stopped. Everyone decided to rush to the tube and it started again, we only had a three minute break. Half way to the tube station there was a massive bolt of lightning that I didn't see but I sure did hear - it must have struck less than a mile away.
Safely at Kilburn Park Underground Station I made my way home. Paddington, my usual interchange, was closed because of flooding. The train got through and I got home only a few minutes slower than usual, but by then the rain had stopped.
It's not sunny yet but I reakon that's the last of it. 1 3/4 hours of crappy weather. The weather here is unbearable. Time for a cup of tea I think.
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