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Waspman:

--- Quote from: hippopots on October 05, 2014, 10:34:24 PM ---Well, the rain came today, and unfortunately has not stopped all day  >:(

It's just been a damp, grey and at times thundery Sunday, and not surprisingly all very quiet in the village.

Big lightening flashes happening right now, so time for us to close the doors for the night, and hope for a drier day tomorrow!!

--- End quote ---

Lovely in Wiltshire today J

Jimbo:
It hasn't stopped raining all night. It's 2pm and a storm has been circling for twelve hours, now. It was flat calm, but there's now a breeze picking up, just ensure that the rain gets blown into the faces of the very few brave souls who have ventured out.

We've done two cryptic crosswords this morning, eaten toast, listened to the thunder and the constant waterfall sound of the torrent pouring out of the sky.

All Thomas Cook places close today. Silver Star's closed. El Greco is probably closed. How long the remaining tavernas will stay open will be interesting to see.

There's a certain camaraderie between the last survivors which is enjoyable. We are the brave few stranded on a desert island which is determinedly irrigating itself into Kew Gardens, but fortunately the natives are kind enough to feed us, albeit as they count down the remaining few days until Thomson, Ryanair and Easyjet cart us all off and leave them in peace to eat proper Greek food, reacquaint themselves with their families, watch the telly, and argue.

Very pleasing to note that it's raining in Wiltshire and forecast to rain all week, whereas here the summer returns on Wednesday for a glorious finale to the season. My libation to the gods last night evidently worked!

Yammas to all... 

Waspman:
Yep, forecast to rain all week in Wiltshire but the combined total is about half of that forecast for Ag Stef tomorrow, good luck!

Dupnica:
 Be thankful you're not travelling home today,apparently it's chaos at Corfu airport.Not only is the weather causing delays but there is a European

 Air Traffic Controllers strike to add to the misery.Flights are delayed from the U.K. particularly to France and Greece.I have just this moment heard

 from two of our friends who have been waiting for their flight since earlier today that they are about to be bussed to a hotel. They also said that

 some people were being put on ferries to Halkidiki and catching flights from there.

 BA are not sure if the situation will be worse tomorrow not only will there be a "knock on" effect from the problems today but they will be

 compounded by a 48 hour general strike in Spain.WHAT A NIGHTMARE!!!

hippopots:
Yep, been another wet and windy one for most of today, with plenty of thunder and lightening thrown in for good measure until early afternoon.

The rain stopped by late afternoon, and I do believe I spotted just a little hint of sunshine around 5pm....it was little mind, blink and you'd probably miss it!!  :D

As Jimbo says, things definately winding down....the summer feels like its gone really fast.

Most tavernas are still open, although I think this weekend coming will be crunch time for most....it's hard to stay open, especially when you're dealing with food, when there are so few people around.
We will be here til the 17th, although we will be stocktaking cleaning etc, before we head back to sunny Wiltshire.

I'll keep the reports going until we depart, then once we return at the beginning of December I'll probably do one a week until season preparation starts in earnest next Spring. (If you want me too that is!).

Eeverything crossed for some sunshine tomorrow!

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