Swimmin' in the rain!

Woke to torrential rain and grey skies. Still going after 2 hours, so we dressed up in swimming togs and anoraks to walk 3 miles on the beach - perhaps unsurprisingly we had it virtually to ourselves. Stopped for a 'swim' on the way back. The seas were big - standing just knee deep the waves were breaking over my head and at thigh deep I was being knocked off my feet. We went for a further 2 mile walk after lunch taking in the coastal reserve, which was home to hundreds of one clawed crabs, defending their mud holes from other crabs - it was quite violent in a crabby sort of way!! This morning we had thunder rumbling all round us, with high seas and we reckon it was the remains of Tropical Storm Erica. 95 miles further down the coast in Charleston they have had 7.8 inches of rain since Saturday :(

It got really humid this afternoon and we are a bit worried about the next few days, when the forecast is for temperatures up to 89 degrees, feeling like 101 degrees.  We have put the pedals bak on the bikes and are planning a ride for tomorrow - but we'll see what the weather is like.   Today being Monday (not a bank holiday) we noticed how quiet it was compared to the weekend - even allowing for the weather. Obviously a lot of schools and Universities are back, so really the only kids around are pretty small.   Most of the rubbishy stuff is in Myrtle Beach, rather than North Myrtle Beach, where we are. A trip down there is obviously required - watch this space!!