Lake District, October 2018. Day 1

After three wonderful but windy days on the Yorkshire coast completing the Cleveland Way we headed west towards the Lakes and Storm Callum.  Although very windy the weather remained dry until beyond Ingleton when we ran into torrential rain.   It soon cleared but it was obvious that there had been considerable downfalls and it wasn't long before we had to negotiate our first flood.  On the A591 bypass around Kendal the traffic soon slowed to a halt: our next flood and shortly after the third.  This time it was much more extensive with waterfalls gushing off the fields.  Blue flashing lights behind us heralded the arrival of the police and we were the last vehicle allowed through before the road was closed.  We soon arrived at the site after this only to find the entrance and all of the central portion also under water.  Fortunately we could get to our pitch which was, thankfully, dry.  As Thomas was joining us we had contacted him and he had avoided the A591 and gone into Kendal Asda for essential supplies: the beer.  All safely gathered in, we settled down to a simple pasta meal and an early night hoping for better weather the next day.
It's incredible to think that as we drove across the car thermometer recorded 22.5C and as I write this morning two days later it is -1C and we have had our first frost.  Our weather patterns are upside down!