Over to Wimpole Hall and Home Farm yesterday (the one used in National Trust's MyFarm experiment which I have previously blogged about...A great place to visit with the family and some friends. The cafe at Home Farm is particularly recommended.
On the way back, we encountered an amazing thunderstorm near Ely.
It turned out that the same storm (or one that was connected with a batch of storms spreading through the area) was causing havoc in nearby Cambridge, where part of the library roof collapsed and the Grand Arcade shopping centre had to be closed because of a stream running through it.
We kept going in the car as we were in a queue of steady traffic, which crawled along at about 20 mph in 2nd gear, splashing through the puddles. Steadily more hazards went on as people pulled over as the rainfall got more intense and lightning flashed around us... the hail piled up at the side of the road in drifts like snow, and we crossed over into Norfolk, where the rainfall gradually eased off... Scary stuff....
Image: Alan Parkinson
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