"“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.” Margaret Atwood

It rained last night - quite a lot

but the good news is that this time it stayed outside; all of it! The roof I had stripped and reslated twice hadn't been the entry point for the leak, there was a small crack in the rendering which I spotted earlier this week. To quote Ambrose Bierce "Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves inglorious success"

(UPDATE - NEXT DAY. FOLLOWING HEAVY RAIN MARGARET ATTWOOD IS PROVED RIGHT. WATER ALWAYS GOES WHERE IT WANTS TO GO. THIRD ATTEMPT AT SEALING THE ENTRY POINT SCHEDULED FOR WHEN IT EVENTUALLY STOPS RAINING)