The rain held off…..

Yesterday brought absolutely foul weather, didn’t it? I toddled into Solihull in the morning to return unwanted Christmas gifts and found myself ploughing through tons of water that had flooded en route from Balsall Common. I was very lucky because it was only about a foot high at that point. Later, I found out that cars had been abandoned in nearly a metre of water on the road. Phew!

Commentary and photos abounded on Facebook of all the water surrounding us in the village one way and another – including this one of the underpass at Berkswell station – no-one, pedestrian or vehicle, was going to get through that!!

Fortunately, the rain abated today to which I breathed a sigh of relief. I had booked onto Jaime’s Yoga Day Retreat and a walk was planned before lunch. She told us that ‘We will be walking, come rain, hail or shine……’ so we all had our fingers crossed for shine.

As it turned out, it didn’t actually shine, but the rain held off with just a few drops sprinkling on us about 100 yards from the church hall where we’d been meeting. We had a fabulous time following a 4.5 mile circuit, chatting all the way and listening to sound advice from Jaime.

I came home, refreshed from the day in which we’d had two super sessions of yoga, the walk and a luscious lunch, expecting to fall asleep on the sofa – but no, I didn’t! Go me!

This evening I joined in with the Wednesday Night Quiz. The first time for a long time. I was a bit anxious about it because it was always John who knew the answers, but everyone was lovely and welcoming – and I found I knew a few of the answers after all! Another ‘Go me!’ moment. Hehe.

Take care everyone. God bless.