Lowestoft November 2016 "Please stop the rain"
01/11/16 22:37
We are on holiday in the UK and touring Southern England. My aim is to show my wife some of my country and only a few days ago we were in Cornwall looking at the most southerly and westerly points which are only a few miles apart. (I should point out I am only considering the mainland so we went to the places known as Lizard Point and Land's End.) Then I drove across the south of England so we could see the White Cliffs of Dover and now we are on our way to Ness Point in Lowestoft where the most easterly point of England is located. The difference in the weather today is quite noticeable. It had been sunny in Cornwall, cloudy in Dover and is wet today. It is a typical UK wet day when it rains and rains all day long.
In a way that doesn't really matter here because this part of England is quite flat and the countryside is uninspiring, especially in the rain. I had taken some great photos in Cornwall but I'll be lucky to get anything today which is a pity because I had set my heart on taking some at Ness Point. Our predicted arrival time in Lowestoft was around four o'clock and the rain showed no signs of abating. I was feeling resigned to sitting in the car and looking at the sea from there. If only it would brighten up for five minutes and as I thought that another idea came into my head, what if I prayed for the rain to stop? It wouldn't take long to take a few photographs and after that, well, the rain could come back and it wouldn't matter. Now I had read a book in which the author had prayed for the rain to stay away from their afternoon outdoor event and it did until that event had finished. If it worked for them then why not for me, especially as this mattered a lot to me as I would probably never come back here again.
So as we entered Lowestoft I prayed for the rain to stop so I could take a few photographs and you can guess what happened. When we were a few minutes drive from our destination the rain started to get less and had stopped by the time I stopped the car by the Ness Point monument. I wasted no time in jumping out of the car and getting my photographs. About 300 m off the coast I could clearly see the grey clouds dropping their rain into the sea whist where I stood there was none. I completed my task, got back into the car and drove off. It started raining almost immediately. Wow, I thanked the Lord for saving the day as far as I was concerned.
In a way that doesn't really matter here because this part of England is quite flat and the countryside is uninspiring, especially in the rain. I had taken some great photos in Cornwall but I'll be lucky to get anything today which is a pity because I had set my heart on taking some at Ness Point. Our predicted arrival time in Lowestoft was around four o'clock and the rain showed no signs of abating. I was feeling resigned to sitting in the car and looking at the sea from there. If only it would brighten up for five minutes and as I thought that another idea came into my head, what if I prayed for the rain to stop? It wouldn't take long to take a few photographs and after that, well, the rain could come back and it wouldn't matter. Now I had read a book in which the author had prayed for the rain to stay away from their afternoon outdoor event and it did until that event had finished. If it worked for them then why not for me, especially as this mattered a lot to me as I would probably never come back here again.
So as we entered Lowestoft I prayed for the rain to stop so I could take a few photographs and you can guess what happened. When we were a few minutes drive from our destination the rain started to get less and had stopped by the time I stopped the car by the Ness Point monument. I wasted no time in jumping out of the car and getting my photographs. About 300 m off the coast I could clearly see the grey clouds dropping their rain into the sea whist where I stood there was none. I completed my task, got back into the car and drove off. It started raining almost immediately. Wow, I thanked the Lord for saving the day as far as I was concerned.