{"id":9465,"date":"2012-09-04T10:30:19","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T09:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=9465"},"modified":"2012-09-03T21:11:19","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T20:11:19","slug":"a-particularly-rainy-august-bank-holiday-monday-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-particularly-rainy-august-bank-holiday-monday-in-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"A rain-lashed August Bank Holiday Monday in Cardiff, south Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It traditionally rains for a large chunk of the summer in Cardiff (at least that’s how it’s always seemed to me!), but the downpour over the August Bank Holiday seemed a particularly\u00a0Biblical affair.<\/p>\n

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The fine streets of the Welsh capital were drenched all day long, with very few shoppers braving the rain-lashed streets.<\/p>\n

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By the Old Library.<\/p>\n

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You can just make out the weather forecast on the big video screen by the St David’s Centre.<\/p>\n

It says: ‘Heavy Rain Shower.’<\/p>\n

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Fighting the gusts by the City Hall.<\/p>\n

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Man with umbrella in Queen Street.<\/p>\n

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St Mary Street in the rain.<\/p>\n

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By Cardiff Castle.<\/p>\n

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A discarded\u00a0umbrella\u00a0that failed to last the storm.<\/p>\n

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A near-deserted Queen Street.<\/p>\n

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A rain-soaked ‘Miner’\u00a0sculpture\u00a0by Welsh artist Robert Thomas on Queen Street.<\/p>\n

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Heading home to Queen Street station.<\/p>\n

More photos of Cardiff and south Wales here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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