Deluge!

Bloody Hell! Two weeks of no rain and then torrents of Biblical proportions! Our garden was under two feet of water, things were floating! The cats were gobsmacked. A combination of ferocious rainfall, water gushing off the mountain and extremely high tides. Small roads have been churned up, people stranded, houses flooded, rivers burst their banks. Arundels' pub had a posh do going on as part of Cork Food Festival - their kitchen had flooded, the septic tank had gone beserk but ladies were arriving in their finery! I should have been out in Ballydehob for an early birthday dinner but we postponed as the warnings were so dire. Nevertheless we managed to meet up with Shaaamie and Ali for a final farewell pint in the Tin Pub. I think they've had a fab holiday.
The water is going down slowly but more is forecast for sunday. Urghhhh. Still the young bullocks in the field next door found it all very curious and amusing.
More pix here.