11-03-2024, 12:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-03-2024, 12:17 PM by Reckless Rat.)
As some of you know, Rekkers Castle is situated in the deep south of Macronland, in the Gard county, in the foothills of the Cevennes national Park. Not many people from Hingerland have heard of the Cevennes except a few lost souls who stumble on it by accident, like Robert Louis Stevenson who passed this way with a donkey a few years back. We did have to render emergency assistance one hot summer's day to a beardy bloke and his family who thought that driving about here in a convertible A7 in the height of summer was a good idea... but they were soon back on their feet after a cool off in the shade, a few beers and some moules-frites at our local "guingette".
Whilst most of the time life down here can be pretty good, but when we get weather, it is usually extreme. We had an "Episode Cevenole" over the weekend, very heavy rain and storms which dumped over 6" or rain and hailstorms on the county. As a result at least 7 people are dead or missing, washed away attempting to drive across flooded rivers or just by misadventure. I mean what kind of an idiot goes kite surfing in a Force 9 gale? Answer, a dead one. They're still looking for him and several others that got washed away thinking their cars were submarines. Sadly, that includes two children. It's a fact of life but there's no cure for stupidity.
Fortunately we're OK here. We live up a hill at 265 metres above mean sea level so if there is any flooding we're not affected. We did get some wind, though. At one stage I thought the roof was going to come off but today a good check round and all is well, apart from a recently planted Italian cypress tree which I've had to reset. It will get over it. The RP is nice and snug in the garage along with its cousins. I was worried that the persistent rain would get under the garage doors but my latest mod (a small ramp in concrete just inside the doors ) seems to have done the trick and kept the weather out. I've had both doors open this morning just to give everything an airing but the bad weather has gone and you'd never realise what it had been like just a few hours ago.
Morning coffee on the terrace with the Mem'Sahib. Cushty. Mange tout, Rodney. Happy Sevening everyone.
Whilst most of the time life down here can be pretty good, but when we get weather, it is usually extreme. We had an "Episode Cevenole" over the weekend, very heavy rain and storms which dumped over 6" or rain and hailstorms on the county. As a result at least 7 people are dead or missing, washed away attempting to drive across flooded rivers or just by misadventure. I mean what kind of an idiot goes kite surfing in a Force 9 gale? Answer, a dead one. They're still looking for him and several others that got washed away thinking their cars were submarines. Sadly, that includes two children. It's a fact of life but there's no cure for stupidity.
Fortunately we're OK here. We live up a hill at 265 metres above mean sea level so if there is any flooding we're not affected. We did get some wind, though. At one stage I thought the roof was going to come off but today a good check round and all is well, apart from a recently planted Italian cypress tree which I've had to reset. It will get over it. The RP is nice and snug in the garage along with its cousins. I was worried that the persistent rain would get under the garage doors but my latest mod (a small ramp in concrete just inside the doors ) seems to have done the trick and kept the weather out. I've had both doors open this morning just to give everything an airing but the bad weather has gone and you'd never realise what it had been like just a few hours ago.
Morning coffee on the terrace with the Mem'Sahib. Cushty. Mange tout, Rodney. Happy Sevening everyone.