On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:54:43 +0200, Kate Brown wrote:

Today it has been raining for about seven hours non-stop, quite heavily
at times. The other side of the valley is invisible and the rivers are
in spate again. It is truly foul and I haven't brought enough woollies!

We had a similar 10 days in the Dordogne (Sarlat) in June 2002 --
horrible! Then 27C and beautiful the day we left (typical!). Wine was
excellent though.