The weather was atrocious over night….. I do seem to like that word atrocious…. It was so wild!

I woke at 5am and we had the window open. I lay there listening to it. I stuck my fingers in my ears…. It didn’t drown anything out!

I was still wide awake when it was time to get up. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Then I want to sleep!!

The rain was coming sideways and the wind behind our back, when we started out run…. Not so much on the way back.

My headtorch conked out in the first 5 minutes. Not the best timing as my legs were knackered after sitting so long yesterday, emptying boxes.

The weather was soooo wild. I stopped a couple of times when I knew they would be running back to me.

I had to talk to myself because it got a bit scary without any light!! I was literally telling myself I was ok, and I had to be as I couldn’t keep up!!

I managed 4.5k. Considering the conditions, I am pretty pleased with that.

I’d taken my Dry Robe to sit on in the car on the way home, I was soaked right through to the undies!!

I decided to head straight out with the dogs when I got back. In for a penny and all that….. 😆

Look at the rain in this photo! this was taken after 8am!

It was a bit of a scary dog walk too 😆

I took pics of the Christmas tree which was the cheeriest sight in the village this morning!

Finally I got a warm shower.

I had to be up at Silverburn Shopping Centre to meet my friend Lea at 10am.

The drive was pretty hairy…. The roads were all flooded, hiding all of the potholes, but I made it in perfect time.

We met in Starbucks , as we do!

We had a great catch up and a quick wander around the shops.

It started to get really busy just as we were leaving.

The drive home was a bit less wild but I drove through a huge flood in a village at the end of our road. I almost closed my eyes and hoped for the best 😆

I went back to the clearing out for a while and I have another full bin bag.

I found some lovely old photos and took great delight in sending pics of them to people I have’t been in touch with for ages!

I was also very impressed that my school blazer still fits!

I have parted with it… wrenchingly if that’s even a word. I wore this every day in 1988 & 1989!

Oh this is hard….

More tomorrow, I’m tired now.

I sat down about 2.30pm.

We are out tonight for a lovely house warming. Some of our lovely neighbours have moved further out of the village and are having people round.

So feet up for the next few hours maybe with some crochet. We’re watching Squid Game 🦑 just now. This season seems slower than the last but I’m sticking with it!

More bad weather coming tomorrow for Hogmanay so I mean my last line even more.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️