In Competition No. 2755 you were invited to submit an ‘Ode to rain’.
No doubt you saw this one coming, what with monsoon June and July’s 50 shades of grey skies. In any case, the lively and entertaining postbag the challenge elicited was certainly a welcome antidote to the ongoing misery of being semi-housebound or repeatedly soaked to the skin.
Disagree with half of it, enjoy reading all of it
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