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what a downpour!

Last Saturday I went riding on my bike. I decided I'd go a little further than just around the block. It had been cloudy all day, with rain predicted, but what the heck....the only rain we'd been having was a spit here, a drop there. I'd go riding...it would be fine. And it was. At first. I went around the block, crossed over Glen Osmond road, then turned into the walking/biking trail inside the Glenside facility. Followed it all the way to the end, crossed Greenhill Road and continued along enjoying the cool air....  After half an hour, I decided I should turn for home. Two minutes later a few spits of rain came down, then there was a rumble of thunder, and suddenly the heavens opened. There I was, out in the open, half an hour's ride from home, getting rather wet. A lot wet. Soaked. Saturated. Drenched. I had to take my glasses off to see where I was going. To be safe I walked the bike across intersections, which had become completely flooded in the firs...