On our way back from the Canton this afternoon the rain came down in torrents. In a matter of minutes the roads from Walmer to Parsons Hill were flooded and we were forced to crawl along at less than 40 kilometres an hour. A welcome relief from the heat we have had recently in Port Elizabeth.
Safely home I decided to pop along to the depression just outside the Collegiate Boarding School to see if I could get some ‘action’ shots but was rather pleased to see a bunch of Collegiate Boarders having a ball and making hay whilst the rain poured – I presume that they were practical farmers daughters!
Collegiate Boarders cavort after the PE Flash Flood
Further up Conyngham road I didn’t have long too wait before someone tried to avoid the huge paddle there and burst their front left tyre (see image below for the moment of impact).
Bang goes the left front tyre
Of course I had then pay for my foresight and help the hapless driver change her tyre and got soaked in the process. But, as we say in the trade; “We gain readers to MyPE by doing such selfless acts of kindness”.
