And the Heavens Opened...

If I thought we'd had our fair share of rain in Britain, it was nothing to what fell on Beijing today: 170mm on average (and with one district, Fangshan, a colossal 460mm). It was positively - or negatively - biblical:12 hours solid, heaviest in 60 years, 37 people dead, 25 from drowning.And it wasn't just the rain either: the wind was something else - see pic. 

I stayed in and pottered, watched a film or two, wrote, listened to lots of music, read, went to the gym, had a swim... but all fairly joylessly. Missing the family. But count myself lucky...