Rain rain go away?

Surely not the right thing to ask here in Tanzania, but right now we could do with a bit less I think! We've no power at home (so I'm a refugee once more down to the friendly office at CRC and have taken the opportunity to scan some receipts and see if Aberdeen can be slightly more efficient at paying them this time...) thanks to the rain washing down a major pylon, friends have had to postpone their beach holiday because the main road to Dar es Salaam washed away yesterday, and we enjoyed a fantastic drive back up the river road to our house from Church yesterday trying to dodge the dala-dala being washed down the centre of the road (happily, both our cars are 4x4...). The volume of water involved in a delge here is absolutely fantastic - and as the Wicked Uncle commented, this is supposed to be the dry season! Amazing how we can go from the grips of a devestating drought to the country gradually (and at times, rapidly) drowning under excessive flooding.  At least it remains relatively warm, and the rain tends to come in bursts so there's still plenty of time to enjoy being outside - much more civilised than some countries at the moment... In fact we spent most of yesterday being lazy on the veranda now we've got a nice sofa and table out there as well as the chairs. We couldn't help comparing Kitty's failure to be able to watch long enough to see the lightening she was desperate to spot to an episode of Peppa Pig where George is unable to concentrate long enough to see the cuckoo pop out of the cuckoo clock...

In other news, we've still no letter from the police, but the lawyer is confident... He spent a while sitting outside the police chief's office with the immigration officer who told me complete lies the other day and was told that the final resolution will come today. So, one more final resolution to wait for. He did also assure me that there will be an end by default eventually, as if no case is brought within 60 days of arrest the issue is formally closed. So only another month to go now!