Brussels - Risinghurst (Oxford)

At 6h30 this morning, the sky above Brussels was nice, not too many clouds, dry, almost warm actually.
But as Bert and I didn't want to get surprised by the rain on our way to the Euro Tunnel in Calais, we decided to take a quick look on a weather website (http://www.buienradar.be) and it was a very good idea to do so! A huge bad-ass rain cloud was waiting for us along the way.

On the E40 direction Ostend, a bit passed Aalst, the skies turned that weird color they can have before a storm, that kind of undecided color between orange and yellow or something. A bit later as we approached Ghent it started, heavy rain poured out of the skies, dark, too dark clouds above us, low visibility and too much traffic.
I've been a few times under the rain with my motorbike these past 15 years, but today was one to remember.

Right on time around 9 o'clock we arrived at the "Chunnel" we could drive in directly and the train left a few minutes after we were in. Right.on.time :)
The crossing is about 30 minutes but it feels way faster.
Once on the other side it looked fine ... for a couple of miles it was though.
Our initial planning was to go to Risinghurst only through nice secondary roads. We were supposed to go from Folkstone to Tenterden, then Battle and Petersfield. Then up to Oxford.
It was raining so heavily that we gave up in Battle.
We took the M25 to London and then M40 to Oxford.
Rain, more rain, traffic jams on all the highways and even more rain :( ad some wind, more rain and some wind from the side and you get yourself 200km of cold and wet clothing.

We arrived in Risinghurst around 17h00 (UK time), got our rain gear off, congratulated ourselves we made it one piece ... and then ... off course, that Murphy b*st*rd came along. And with a huge grin he brought us: The Sun! Yes mam'
We were here since ten minutes. Then it stopped raining and the sun showed up.
Ehr!

Planning for tomorrow: Visiting Oxford :)