There was a fairly impressive thunderstorm this morning. Lots of bright flashes and loud thunder - with only about a one second gap, so it was fairly close. But there was no rain, which means that Fleetwood Mac were lying when they sang Thunder only happens when it's raining. The rain didn't start until a few minutes later.

I suppose it's my own fault for complaining about how much time I spend travelling to and from work. This morning, I was stuck at Canley station in the middle of a thunderstorm. None of the local trains were running but a few express trains thundered through. The station was effectively cut off - the phone line was down and the bloke in the ticket office couldn't find out what the problem was.

After an hour of no news, I waited for a break in the rain and walked to the bus stop to catch a train to Coventry station. According to the screens there, all the local trains and about half of the others had been cancelled. I managed to get a Virgin train to Birmingham. As we pulled into Birmingham New Street, they announced that the problems at Coventry had been sorted out and that the trains would be back to normal soon.