Saharan dust

Just before we set out last Wednesday on our mini break, Mr MC gave our already clean car an extra going over just to make sure that the windows were sparkling.  He needn't have bothered because as we got into the car we realised that the car was covered, not in pollen but Saharan dust, brought down in a brief rain shower shortly beforehand.  Much heavier rain that evening failed to shift it although we managed to get the windows at least safely clean.
When we arrived home on Friday, we saw that it wasn't just our car that had been covered: my picture shows how we found the patio.
If anyone cares to learn more about this phenomenon, follow my link here.

Still playing catch up: this is Saturday's journal entry, posted today, Monday.