Walking in the Rain

Although Saturday dawned clear and sunny, around mid-morning clouds covered the sky and heavy rain began falling. Craig's parents thought that made it the perfect day to try out Craig's new raincoat.

Craig was very bored at home and had begun to try and play with things he knows he should not touch, like Craig's Mum's computer.


So, it was straight downstairs and on with the raincoat.


Craig was very keen to get outside.


But Craig's Dad wanted one more picture because he wasn't sure if he would able to take any more once they were out in the rain.


Craig's Dad had a golf umbrella and Craig's Mum had Craig's tiny umbrella because Craig didn't want to use it. They only walked as far as the park nearest home, about 100 meters from the front door. Once there, they found shelter under a spot that a had a flat, perspex roof but no walls.


There was virtually no wind so the rain was falling directly down.


Craig seemed to really enjoy walking around in the rain.



Craig's Dad managed to take a few photos and even a short video before putting his camera/phone back into his pocket where it could stay dry. The perspex roof had plenty of leaks and, as you can see, it was raining very hard.


The rubber boots worked excellently, Craig's feet were perfectly dry when he got home after about 30 minutes walking around. However, the raincoat only worked OK. It's main problem seemed to be that the pockets allow water in at the top and then they drain through mesh into the inside of the raincoat!!! Someone in the design department needs a stern talking to ...... Craig's pants were soaked but the raincoat looks so good that it will almost certainly get used again when it's not raining quite so hard.