Two weeks ago I had to divert to Tours due to some pretty awful weather which was moving in rather fast and was getting increasingly anoyed with the controller at Tours.
I was unable to understand him even after asking him to repeat again slowely twice, on almost every transmision he made. I was then asked to orbit at Echo for a while when the Alpha jets did their bit. In the mean time the cracks of lightning from embedded CB's were get closer and closer. I was eventually cleared to land but it was not the most enjoyable experience.
Maarten