You bet they did!
It has been raining since the early hours, but to be honest, we need it.
The water level in the river is really low, to such an extent that you can see below the green safety marker and the concrete slab it’s attached to is clearly visible.
We noticed this coming back from the festival as we could see the bottom of the river in places and were quite anxious at times. Our draft is 22 inches, but the thought of over six tons going aground is quite a different matter compared to pushing a car out of trouble!
What to do on a rainy day though.
When I was working, I’d have my head down analysing spreadsheets and figures, and the sound of the rain on the windows was in constant competition with the tap of my fingers on the computer or calculator.
In the house, I’d sit at the piano for a couple of hours, or get my card making kit out, or have a mammoth bake in.
It’s over two years since I last played and I sold my piano the year before we moved out. My card making kit is less than 20% of what it was yet perfectly adequate, but putting the table up to work can be a bit of a pain.
As for batch baking, well, we have no freezer now so that’s out of the running, but I can cook something for dinner.
Ferreting around in the cupboard, we have our usual stock of rice and pasta. We’ve had rice dishes four times this week (chilli, curry and 2 days of sweet and sour as Hubby prepared the ingredients for me not realising I’d bought 2 days worth for something else) so it looks like pasta wins the day.
I have tomatoes, onions, ginger, garlic, cheese and some ham so I could do a pasta dish using those, or I could make a macaroni cheese as we haven’t had one of those for a while. Besides, it’s one of Hubby’s favourites.
It looks like the rain is in for the duration of the entire day.
The weather site we use is accurate and deals with conditions up to 2 hours at a time. It can tell us when rain is going to stop/start, and the radar shows the current position in 5 minute sections on a ‘slide show’ so we can see how the weather is working across the country. Yep, it’s wet, and will be for at least the next 2 hours.
The good news about living on a boat is that when the water level rises, so do we, and as such, the gantry angle changes which makes it less steep and easier on the knees. No worries about flooded drives and inadequate drainage either.
The bad news is when the dog wants to go out for a wee, we have to take her.
Oh well, every silver lining has a cloud, so look out for the yellow condoms on the radar picture!
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That’s the only thing I dislike about rainy days – still having to take Puppy Cody out. Need waterproof jacket and waterproof galoshes or boots. Then there are muddy paw prints all over the house because she won’t hold still to have her feet wiped. But those are minor issues – it’s still nice to stay inside on a rainy day and let the world go by while puppy and I play.