40 Days and 40 Nights



We`ve been away for over a month now and there seems no end to the unsettled weather.  If it continues like this, and according to the Met Office it may well do, we`ll start collecting pairs of different species.  The truth is, though, we haven`t really got wet yet.  We stay put on the bad days and only move when it`s dry - and it`s dryer more often than its wet, even though it might not feel like it.




A Ford Mondeo 15` cruiser passes through Shenton.



Shenton was badly hit on Friday when the R. Tweed burst its banks.  As far as we can tell from our OS map, the Tweed feeds into the Sence, which feeds the Anker, which then ends up in the Trent - so look out Nottingham!  We left the village and went back to M on the nearby canal and cooked a curry - it seemed the obvious thing to do, don`t ask me why.  But we do hope these peoples` homes will be OK.

More of Shenton.  The wall in the background is part of Shenton Hall, a house of 1629 but much rebuilt in the 19C.

The spillways on the Ashby were in full flow.  The rain did have the advantage of keeping up the water level on this notoriously shallow canal.

It may not look much, but it`s got satellite telly - ideal for the wet weather.

We passed the Triumph factory once again, this time on our way back down the Ashby.  The building has its own weather system due to its status with You-Know-Who, which means it`s permanently bathed in sunshine.