Our long stretch of blue skies came to a close this morning. The clouds came in overnight, and although it is still warm (16 degrees down here at the moment) the rain started coming down mid-morning. It's raining up at Tenjin too which won't do it much good after 7 days of hot temperatures.

On the plus side the surrounding mountains are starting to green up and it is now the turn of the apple trees to bloom in the valley.