October showers

The first year  we arrived in Spain, we went to Salobreña  for my birthday and stayed for an overnighter - few drinks, nice meal and a shopping stock-up on the way home.  Sunshine all day but that night while we were on the way from a bar to the restaurant, the heavens opened and it poured down.  By the time we got to the restaurant, my  trousers were soaked up to my knees.

The next few years we did a similar thing,  sometimes to Granada sometimes to Salobreña,  and it's always rained a bit.  It's become a bit of a joke, that the rain always arrives on my birthday.

But not yesterday!  It held off all day, even though the forecast said possible showers as from 6pm, nothing happened until 3am this morning.  More was forecast for today but we've only had  1 shower, nothing like it said.  But it's coming down from the north so probably most of it is dropping on the Sierras which is good for our water supply.

The rain that did come was quite gentle,  the coriander seedlings don't seem too damaged, the broad beans and peas which are just appearing are ok although they are good sturdy plants and it takes a lot to damage them.  The kohlrabi and lettuce seeds have only just gone in - I wouldn't be surprised if they don't come up in the rows that they were planted in but all higgledy piggledy.