I noticed you only joined this year. It's not been so unusual to have seemingly endless rain here. The year I moved here, just 3 years ago, we moved on the 16th December. On the 18th our goods and chattels were due to turn up. It decided to start raining. We had nowhere to put our stuff except in our unfinished house. I'd managed to get the builders to wall off one section and fill in the windows in the part filled way they do here in Spain. It rained solidly until march, took a couple of weeks off and then started again for another month!
Everything we owned was damp. Much of it totally ruined. Our part built house was a running river. We stayed in a rental but that was cold, damp and miserable and we were running out of money. This, as they say on all the 'No going back' type progs, was not the way it was supposed to be!
But last year was a very dry winter. You just never know!
I still love rain and thunderstorms just as I did when I was a child. but I'll never disrespect the power of water!

Good question.

Back in the UK when the weather is bad I have a few spare rooms with C/H rads and lots of hanging space. Even in winter I open a couple af windows just the tiniest bit to keep the air circulating and prevent condensation.

Here in Spain I have various sizable undercover areas outside the house where they can hang a long while if needs must, without being in the way.

I watch the weather carefully and even during bad spells, it's very rare there isn't the occasional window of opportunity, so given half a chance like today for instance, I make the very best use of it.

A bit like when I was farming, constantly watching the skies and forecasts in order to "make hay while the sun shines", and that was even more difficult.

When the worst comes to the worst, I keep bringing a few things inside at a time and spread them all around the warm house till they properly air off.

I've seen a few bad spells down here, but with a little help from my lady friend and a little ingenuity I've never been stuck or had a log jam waiting to get stuff dried.

All a question of timing and common sense really, though the fact that there is rarely more than two in the house or occasionally just myself, means that the washing load is never very big.

However as PL says, letting them have a good blow ouside is always by far the best when possible.

Your post combined with the latest weather forecast has really cheered me up no end......I don't think.

Time for shot of brandy methinks, before the damp gets right into my creaky old bones.

Sorry Dick. Enjoy your brandy and remember it's usually worse in the UK. Though not this week!

Hopeless and continuous rain. We have two horses, that like to stand in the rain rather than under shelter. Even they have had enough.

Goes without saying & the choice of most.

There was actually a S/H tumble drier standing unused in a corner for 5 years which my son was given.
Gave it away a few months ago, never used it once, no need for it, despite the bad Summer.

I can assure you I would never dream of putting washing away without ensuring it was properly dried, aired and fresh, nothing I hate more than damp or foisty washing, not good for the health either.

Has it never crossed your mind that folk have been successfully drying and airing washing in all sorts of conditions for hundreds or maybe thousands of years before electric dryers were invented ?

It's not rocket science I can assure you.

'Perfect storm' here in Pego ... patio furniture in the pool and rain beating on the windows

Looks like it's our turn now up near the East Coast.
I was just thinking maybe we'd got off lightly compared to many places, but it seems there's lots more to come here for quite a while yet.
Pleased I live on top of a little hill.
I can wait a little while longer before building the Ark.


Wonder if those "Place in the Sun" people can be done under the trades descriptions act ?

I see it's more like water polo than football at the Levante/RMD match.

Been much the same here, wind at storm force, rain lashing down and for a while this afternoon hailstones.....it looked a lot like snow across the valley on El Torcal.
I'm still waiting for a dry slot to get my washing done.

we're on RED ALERT & all schools closed in Jávea until further notice!!

Woke up this morning wondering what damage the rain has done - it hasn't stopped for 48 hours now.

Underbuild (two apartments) under water, pool overflowing, chickens trying to swim and dogs - well!!!!!

eeww

my cats are standing with their legs crossed not wanting to swim across the terrace to their usual 'spot'

best dig out the litter tray & put it in the naya I think....

right now looking out of the patio doors of the study in an easterly direction and can see all the black clouds coming in, but as the view is quite restricted don't get any warning until it actually dumps on us.

stopped raining during the night, cold wind and seems to by drying out a little, but those clouds are putting the housekeeper off from doing the washing

had a power cut for 2 hours yesterday afternoon, wonder if I can bill Endesa for the UPS I have had to buy to keep the computers alive.

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