Twist my palm.

Twist my palm - I'll twist yours!

It's monsoon season......the effects of Cyclone Debbie which hit the coast of Queensland hard on Tuesday 1100 km north are now being felt down in the Brisbane area. It's no longer classified as a cyclone but t's still a major storm and it's rained solidly for about 14 hours in Brissie, roads are flooded and the prediction is for a total of between 400 and 500 mm rain in one day. To put this in perspective the average rainfall for Manchester in one year is 800 mm! Fortunately the local brewing company Burleigh Heads has a fine tropical beer called Twisted Palm with which we've been able to dull the senses. Running is on hold at the moment although we did manage a park run at Chermside at the weekend.

OK Sarge - we're on our way.

These funny looking blue things are soldier crabs. We came upon masses of them, nay thousands of them, down on the beach at Beachmere. From a distance it looks as if a pale blue carpet is moving over the sand. On closer inspection the army is on the march - but no! What's happening? Where have they gone? At our approach the crabs dig themselves into the sand like a shot and there's no sign of them. Wait a minute or so and some of the braver (and bigger) soldiers emerge from the sand and one by one they line up again in formation and they're off.

Splash splash.

And just to show we're still eating up the miles, this is from the Chermside Parkrun where I found the only puddle - there'll be plenty of puddles this weekend mind! Getting quite used to running in heat and humidity now