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November 6, 2012

The rain in Spain doesn’t always stay on the Plain!

Filed under: Weather in Spain — Lucy @ 2:32 pm

We woke up to the sound of heavy rain this morning.  It doesnt rain very much here in Manilva but when it does it is like mother nature has turned on her power shower over us!

And why is it that it always seems to be the heaviest rain shower in the morning just before 9am when we are taking the children to school or at 2pm when we pick them up!  The poor things got absolutely drenched.  The roads and pathways turned into rivers and streams and water was gushing out of the drains which had reached their limit.

I went to check on the horses as they live out in their paddocks most of the time.  I was expecting to find them looking wet, cold and miserable but was nicely suprised to see them not bothered at all by the rain and happily munching their breakfast.

I then turned to the sound of bells clanging and dogs barking to see the goat herder happily herding his goats down the hill towards me using his dogs like sheep dogs.

It made me realise that it wasn’t that bad afterall.  Yes the rain here is very wet but it isn’t cold and wet like I remember it being in Bruge the weekend before last.  We have warm rain here in Spain and that makes a big difference!

We also need the rain now and again to fill up our reservoirs and for our plants and crops.  I remember always thinking how beautifully lush and green the countryside looks when the sun comes out again after a rain shower.  And that is another wonderful thing about living in Spain – you know it wont be very long before the sun does come back out

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