Torrential Rain Walk from Kings Road to Albert Bridge Chelsea - London’s Poshest Neighbourhood

I walked through torrential rain from King's Road to Albert Bridge in Chelsea, one of London’s “poshest” neighbourhoods, at night time. This was my favourite heavy rain walk to date and it felt magical to be on Albert's Bridge during a sudden onslought of torrential rain! Moments like this are extremely rare in Chelsea. My umbrella was overwhelmed by the amount of water & even my face & hair got wet under the umbrella! The gimbal malfunctioned due to the amount of water but thankfully recovered!! London doesn't rain as often as commonly thought. Moments like this are extremely few & far between. The rain in London usually starts & stops after 1 minute. The reason London gets its "rainy" reputation is because the ground is often wet but it is as a result of only 30 seconds of rain almost every day. Many people in London do not bother with umbrellas because one need only stand in a shop entrance to wait a minute for the rain to stop. I'm thankful I managed to capture the ambience with binaural microphones in stereo including everything around for an immersive experience. In this video, you can hear the background noises as well as the rain on the umbrella, trees & pavements. Recording date & time: Date: Sunday October 23rd, 2022 Time: 9:30pm Temperature: 13 C 0:00 Preview of torrential rain in walk 0:31 King’s Road in Chelsea 1:53 Duke of York Square 3:40 Peaceful rain in Duke of York Square 6:14 King’s Road 18:54 Albert Bridge Road (B304) 22:12 First view of Albert Bridge 25:20 Chelsea Embankment 27:28 Albert Bridge 34:50 Torrential rain rapid build up starts from here 35:41 apologies- my gimbal malfunctioned with the rain! 36:15 I need a bigger umbrella. By this point, my shoes, trousers & top were all soaked! 37:26 Chelsea Embankment 41:37 Cheyne Walk 52:16 King’s Road 53:11 Wellington Square 55:26 Anderson Street 56:12 Elystan Place 58:04 Sprimont Place 58:54 Sloane Avenue 1:02:43 King’s Road I used my hood part way through the video to protect the mics from sharp wind noise. My apologies for the times I had to wipe the camera lens- particularly after the Albert Bridge downpour, the lens got quite wet! I hope it helps you to relax as if you're actually there.