Short sharp showers

Doesn't it look absolutely lovely down on the beach in this photo? This was about 7am and Ann said, 'Trixie, it looks like our weather app is lying again. It said it was going to rain today but it's obviously not raining.' In fact it was so hot, Ann had to take her jacket off.

After my walk I got left 'home alone' I went back to bed because I'd been woken up too early because Ann had a swim booked at 8am. By 9am she was home and we settled down to have breakfast on the sun terrace but guess what happened?.................. the heavens opened and we had a really heavy downpour of rain for about 2 mins.................

And that's been happening all day. Grrrrrr............. Ann popped into town and got caught in a two min shower. We've tried umpteen times to sit outside on our very sunny sun terrace but then, without warning, a big black cloud comes along and all of a sudden we've got heavy rain for a couple of mins. I went into the field to play with my ball and the exact same thing happened. It was brilliant sunshine and I'd only been playing for about 5 mins when we got caught in another heavy shower and within a couple of mins were both soaked.

At about 4pm I went for my afternoon walk (and got caught in yet another short sharp shower). We just trekked around town because Ann wanted to see how busy it was. It didn't seem as busy as it has been in the past (the restaurants didn't seem full) but OMG what a lot of road rage was going on this afternoon?!..................

…..............We witnessed one angry father going absolutely ballistic at one of the delivery drivers (who have a hard enough job in the summer anyway) because they hadn't stopped to let his family cross the road to the ice cream shop. I think, 'Mr Angry Man', you will find that the highway code applies in St Ives the same as anywhere else. He seemed to think that traffic shouldn't be going along the Wharf. Mmmmmm................ I bet it would be a different story if he got to his holiday let and found that it hadn't been cleaned, he had no fresh linen/towels, the rubbish from the previous guests hadn't been removed and his Waitrose order hadn't been delivered?????? What planet do these people live on? St Ives is not an all inclusive holiday resort. Lol!

But the funniest thing of all was...................... actually it wasn't funny, but it does show how stupid and inconsiderate some holiday makers can be.............. when we'd trekked along the Wharf, we got to the Lifeboat Station, (there are public toilets behind the Lifeboat station), there was a car parked with his hazard lights flashing. For those of you who don't know St Ives, the Wharf is a one way, very narrow road and Ann initially thought, 'what an awful place to break down'. The delivery driver in the van behind jumped out and asked if he could help push him into the side. Not that there was much room to push him anywhere. 'Mr Hazard Lights' said he was just waiting while his wife went to the toilets???!!! He seemed totally oblivious to the fact that he'd brought the whole traffic system in town to a standstill. Talk about leaving your brains behind when you come on holiday????????????

…............And now Ann is going to attempt to sit outside with a glass of wine. The sun is shining and the sky is blue. We can't see any grey clouds so hopefully Mr Sunshine will stay out to play for the next hour or so.

Happy Saturday Evening peeps. xxx