Up to now, the weather has been 'primavera', but all of the sudden, on the Costa Blanca North (South of Alicante the weather is better still) the heavens have broken loose and it hasn't stop raining for a week! The consequence of these torrential rains are: - flooded streets, avalanches of washed away building soil and gravel covering roads, power cuts, flooded homes, leaking ceilings and shoes filled with water when you step outside. Spanish roads are not built with a camber as in the UK, which results in their flat surfaces just filling up like a river. The most annoying problem of all is the terrible noise the water makes during Eastenders on patios and flat roofs due to the lack of guttering. All this is not fun, but it needs to be taken with a pinch of salt as it is the price that must be paid for other nine months of sunny and pleasant temperatures.