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Was is Rain?
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Well, if it looks like rain and feels like rain.......
.....It must be rain!
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I noticed that several areas recorded record rainfall for November. Gale-force winds are expected and the Met Office has issued 30 flood warnings and more than 70 flood watch alerts.
There seems no end in sight to the rain this month.
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Among the many events that have been cancelled due to bad weather was the World’s Biggest Liar Competition, scheduled to take place in Santon Bridge, near Whitehaven.
Cumbria Organisers said that when they tried to tell people the event was cancelled, no one would believe them.
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Whether the weather be cold
Or whether the weather be hot;
We’ll weather the weather ,
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.
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Hope you haven't got swept away in the floods since you posted this.Keep dry and warm!
ReplyDeleteOK in this 'neck of the woods' thanks.
ReplyDeleteI have just read your bit "Rain, Wonderful Rain!"
A few people here may not entirely agree with you Liz.
Cheers......Bernard
I came on line to escape the rain ...grins. My heart goes out to those who are really suffering.
ReplyDeleteHi Val, I think you will find a lot of people are writing about this on the blogs. It hasn't been too bad here. The River seems about normal for this time of the year.
ReplyDeleteCheeers......Bernard
How can you have a liar festival? What goes on at it?
ReplyDeleteWay back in the 19th Century, a famous Cumbrian called Will Ritson (1808-1890) was the popular publican who lived at the head of the Wasdale Valley in the English Lake District.
ReplyDeleteIn this remote and beautiful valley, Will always kept his customers enthralled with stories of the folk heritage of this delightful area.
The valley was already well-known for having England's deepest lake (Wastwater), the highest mountain (Scafell Pike), the smallest Church (Wasdale Head Church) and Will Ritson achieved its fourth superlative when he became -
" THE WORLD'S BIGGEST LIAR"
Of course, Will was a very sincere and genuine man, who insisted that all his tales were true. Perhaps the visitors simply didn't have the level of perception with which Will was bestowed. Will claimed that the turnips in Wasdale were so big that after the dalesfolk had "quarried" into them for their Sunday lunch, they could be used as sheds for the Herdwick Sheep from the fells.
Each year, in November, a contest is held to award the title of "The Biggest Liar in the World" to the person who is worthy of following in the footsteps of "Auld Will".
The contest, held at the Bridge Inn, attracts world wide attention, and in recent years the audience has learned facts like how the Lake District was formed - not by ice or volcanic action, but by large moles and eels!