Today it was suggested that I might like to go on a trip to pick up some balsa wood strips (don’t ask) and incorporate a visit to Erddig.

A few minutes after we set off, we encountered brilliant sunshine and torrential rain at the same time. There was a lake of water on the road and as the rain drops fell they splashed up in beautiful formations, the like of which I have not seen before. I would have loved to get a photo but it was impossible through the car window and the windscreen wipers (which were set to top speed). I will just have to hold the image in my memory.

When we got to Erddig the rain had stopped.  We went round the house first as it closed early then it was nice to take a stroll round the garden. Half way round, there was a change in the air and the sound of distant thunder. The stroll had to be cut short to avoid the possibility of getting soaked…

There was a Victorian event going on at the house, which is why you can see tents in the photograph.