Yesterday was absolutely beautiful, with temperatures in the mid-20s and so nice that we even had the first BBQ of the year.
Later as we were watching tv, G opened the curtains so that we could see the lightning out to sea. Emboldened by the wine and the fact that it certainly looked to be a few miles out to sea, I went up on the top balcony and took some video on my iphone. It was absolutely beautiful with a huge amount of activity. Nothing close to us, but a friend down on the coastal plain was telling me this morning about the thunder he had heard "overhead" . Being down there, he obvioisly couldn´t see what we could - and he missed a treat.
Above is a 1 minute clip from the footage I took. Personally, I love it.
We were talking about it again this morning and reminiscing about Brunei, where thunder storms were pretty much a nightly event that shook the whole (asbestos) s**t house. Dear old Tara-dog used to hide under the desk in our bedroom, despite her being Brunei-born and bred.
We also remembered one of our first trips to Singapore when we were up on the 24th floor of the Oriental and looking out over the harbour and waterfront. An incredible tropical storm blew in and lightning was bouncing around the ships, office buildings and sky. Truly magnificent.
Not quite as entertaining when you are in a similar storm, but sitting in a plane at the end of Changi runway waiting to take off in it. That was just bloody terrifying.
wow that was some storm, good video . Re plane that reminds me of when I was coming back from you and there was a loud bang and a man says "oh ligthening just hit the wing" now you can just imagine was i was like with my fear of flying 🤢