Black Over Bill’s Mothers

213 mile journey from Bath to home. 31° When i left Bath and with around 20 miles to go, this is the skyline I was driving into.

With around 3 miles to go, I and about 10 other motorists pulled off the road into a pub carpark and sat out a Thunderstorm from hell. I can safely say that the UK heatwave has broken.

(My 100 litre water butt, empty when I left home last Sunday is almost full)

Sorry for lack of posting/comments etc, work is mental at the moment.

[Suzanne]

Oh my and didn't it just throw it down

[Phil Sandford]

@suzanne234 It certainly did.

[Maggiemae]

Well Bill's Mother got it all! Good to have a place to pull over!

[John Sutton]

Rain, what's that? Not had a drop so far just lots of cloud to obscure the moon 🙂

[Carole Sandford]

Not the pleasantest journey I’m sure! Certainly a very threatening sky!

[Beryl Lloyd]

A very ominous sky , no rain here but clouds to hide the moon !

[Milanie]

So glad you were able to find a spot to pull over - driving in one of those torrential downpours is terrifying. This really shows it about to meet you.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

wow, that's some dark clouds! it never feels good driving towards that

[Dawn]

That is a very ominous sky

[Diana]

Such a dramatic shot!

[Babs]

Looks like you have had quite a downpour. I am sure your garden will appreciate the rain.

[haskar]

Great light. A very ominous sky.

[Denise Wood]

Great storm capture :)

[Wendy]

We had the same thing this past week - so scary to be driving in!

[Casablanca]

Wow, what a great sky! I am on the Isles of Scilly presently and 52mph winds due in the morning and big seas. Waiting for the storm! Hope work settles down for you soon.