There's a saying on the South Wales coast, especially on the Gower peninsula, that if you can see the North coast of Devon very clearly more than 20 miles away across the Bristol Channel then it's about to rain........and if you can't see it, then it's already raining. Robert -----Original Message----- From: monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JANLWH@aol.com My grandmother, raised in the Aberdare area, told me that "if it wasn't raining in Wales when you got up in the morning, it was going to."