On Sunday evening the storm started. The skies over Mallorca were lit by flash after flash of lightning and the thunder rolled and roared. Good, we thought to ourselves, it should have blown through by the time Tim and Annabelle arrive, but no. This wasn't just any storm, this was a T&A storm and it went on and on and on. Thirty six hours later the thunder and lightning were still in full throttle and then the rain came down. To give you an idea of what it was like, we drove into Palma yesterday and the cars were FLOATING along the road. We had a bow wave, something we only usually experience at sea, and most delightful of all, the sewers couldn't cope with the sudden influx and were overflowing into the streets. You didn't want to be wearing flip flops.
It's still overcast this morning and there was a rumble of thunder a while ago, but the wind has dropped and the sea is calm so we're going to set off back to Cala d'Or. We had hoped to turn northwards from here, but the wind has moved around and we saw the seas off the northwest coast on our drive yesterday and immediately decided to head in the opposite direction.
Wish us a bon voyage...
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