Still raining

One of the things about running a blog like My Trike is that you can look back at old posts and compare now to then. I did that yesterday and this is definitely the worst February/March that we’ve had since I’ve been here, starting from 2013. We’ve inevitably had a bit of wind and rain every year at about this time but this is the first year that we’ve had such strong winds and rain together, going on for so long.

I remember my old Vauxhall Astra estate getting bogged down on Galinat’s apron in 2014 but just like the other years, that period of bad weather was soon over and things quickly began to pick up going into March. OK, it must happen some time this year too, but unlike in previous ones, there are no signs that it’s going to happen any time soon. In fact we’re forecast to keep getting more of the same for a while yet.

I dropped into Galinat less than an hour ago on my way back from Montignac and was pleased to see that with the wind having dropped a little bit for now, ASY’s covers were still in place and only the small area of fuselage that I mentioned in my last post, to the rear of the passenger door, is being directly rained on. For now, but then that’s better than having driving wind forcing it in under the covers so everything is permanently soaked the whole time.

I picked up another two light-weight 5 x 3 metre weather-proof covers from les Briconautes while I was in Montignac so with a bit of luck I’ll be able to take the two of Regis’s big old ones off and make a better job of wrapping ASY up tomorrow. If there’s a long enough break in the rain, that is.