Not a sausage

For the first time in more than 3 years, did not meet anyone on the way to work. Probably because it was pissing with rain, and everyone else was either on the bus, or had decided to take the morning off. Still, I give my vote of confidence to modern, breathable waterproof fabrics; not a drop of water got through, and there was no evidence of the 'sauna effect'. Need to solve the wet feet problem, though. The rain is not the problem, it's the huge puddles on the riverbank. Large offroad tyres lift huge amounts of water onto your feet, no matter how big your mudguards. Anyway, noticed that the rain falling on the swans and ducks was just running off them like, yes, water off a duck's back. So it's true, then. Nice to have an expression validated.