Here it is just another day....
We have had non stop rain for almost a week now (or is it longer - all the days are merging marked only by the increasing size and number of puddles).
We had been waiting for rain (or man hauled water) to fill our well before we moved in but then when it did start raining we found all the little flaws in the concreting! I think now our new house is drier than the house we are in ... but it is not a great idea to move house in torrential rain so we are waiting it out for some drier weather.
I have been ill! I was feeling rotten for a few days with a sore throat and swollen glands which weren't getting any better so I went to see a doctor. She agreed I was ill and gave me some antibiotic so I am feeling much better now. This was coupled with a burnt finger - that I didn't remember doing but started to take on elephant man appearances - and a very sore and bloody big toe when I slipped and stubbed it in the patio!
everywhere else is wet, wet and windy. The river in the valley below our house is a raging torrent of red and has flooded the road between here and Tiraluin (?) the next village along. Yesterday Mohamed went in to Inzegane to get some polythene sheeting to try and help waterproof our house (it now has a raincoat!) and had to wait an hour to get back across the river at the Paradise Nomades. I think a tree had been swept away in the river and blocked the bridge for a while...........and in the village when we have heavy rain the power goes... so nothing for it but go to bed.
The cats are all really pissed off with the weather and either spend the day in bed with me or perched on top of something looking miserable.
Oooh it has stopped raining! The photo was taken from the front door, looking up the road, at the start of the rainy week, I will venture out today and get some more shots of wild and wetness.
.... our reward for this rain will be beautiful greenness. Which is already starting to sprout.
You poor thing - all that rain. We haven't seen rain here for two weeks (due to the fact there is 10" of snow everywhere and it is minus 10 Deg C during the day). Hope you can post a photo of the "Green" for us to see - was there a run on Welly boots?
ReplyDeletewell Mohamed did buy some... so yes I guess the markets were full of them. Amskroud (where we joined the Marakesh road after the mountain trip) was on the national news when it was cut off by severe flooding which the locals claim was due to the road works disrupting normal water courses. I will try and get a link for some video
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