I'm straining so hard looking towards the south west and seeing those one-in-every-five-minutes distant flashes that I keep passing wind.

The flashings are getting more regular and noticeable now.

Oo-er missus 

I see this big clump of stuff is heading up towards London but looks like skirting to the east mostly. I might see a flash or two as I leave work in the next half hour. Probably also get peed on on my bike 

Thunder and lightning very very frightening me

I think, had we continued to the Littlestone incident, we'd be dealing with a few very wet people right now - viscious looking storm over that way now, heading up towards the FWS.

Huge crash heard here just a few mins ago....oh and as I type, there goes another! Storm on my doorstep, grab-bag ready!....

JEEESUS! That was a cheeky little number, there was this one huge bolt that struck a buidling right in full view of my window! The gunshot sound that followed immediately shook the house.
  And now the storm is retreating just as quick as it came. Made the hairs stand on the back of my neck! I couldn't get the camera out for it because of the pouring rain.
  Can even smell the sulpher in the air.

Must try harder!

Full on here now, with torrential rain. Just waiting for the phone to ring...

magnifico oh  oh  oh

nothing over this side of the country, maybe just rain after midnight  

Easy come, easy go. 

Torrrential rain phasing in and out.

Growling grumbles rather than crashes of thunder, but a lot of flashing!

So that's where Gusty is!!

Very impressive radar returns betweekn Ashford and Whitstable areas. As with WI's post above, lots of bursts of very heavy stuff here.

Wotcha

Radar suggests theres more French Imports likely over the next hour or so.

One flash banger here 10 mins ago. 

Well, that was a lively number, got 10.2 mm of rain in half an hour out of that one (I'm sure there should be much more than that, going to check my rain gauge for cobwebs or snails), complete with big flashes, loud tile-rattling thunder and of course, that close thunderbolt that could only have been a couple of hundreds of yards away (saw sparks come off as it hit a building).
  It looks like there is another small cell coming our way, but otherwise I think that's our lot.
  I was going to say that it was just like the one we had on July 21st but the difference with this one was the total lack of wind for it remained completely still and calm the whole time, even at the height of the storm with the torrential rain.