If you look back through my blogs during  the winter you may of noticed  I mentioned rain a fair few times! (Well it did rain a lot and I got a good few soakings on my bike!) I think we have all been fortunate that throughout lockdown the weather has been so good. However, the garden was getting thirsty. I spend some of the afternoon clearing the gutter that feeds one of our water butts to ensure that it refills a bit! Today’s rain is useful! I do hope it doesn’t portend rain when later hopefully some cricket resumes!

Picture at the bottom follows on from yesterday’s Pennine Way story of some young handsome bloke-doing a not particularly clever thing standing on Hadrian’s Wall (my excuse for this act  was that it was 1976 and attitudes were different then!)

Yesterdays answers for highest mountains

a) England-Scafell Pike     b) Scotland- Ben Nevis   c) Wales-Snowdon  d) N. Ireland-Slieve Donard   e) Republic of Ireland – Carrauntoohill

Today’s Quiz is all on rain

a) What was the first bird Noah sent out after the rain stopped (be careful)   b) Which planet in the solar system does it constantly rain acid?  c) The Golden Rain is the common name of which tree?   d) “The Rain in Spain” comes from which musical?   e) who made the classic  Purple Rain released in 1984?