THE WEATHER
Well it had to happen sooner or later that I would get round to talking about English people’s favourite topic of conversation: the weather. If we’re not having a cup of tea, we’re talking about how odd the weather has been.
This week being Wimbledon, there has been the obligatory four-seasons-in-one-day sort of weather (congratulations to Venus Williams by the way). But if there are two things you always need to carry with you in England, all the time, whatever the season, it’s a pair of sunglasses AND an umbrella.
For a few years now, an enterprising local landowner has been planting several of his (or her) fields full of lavender. It’s now in full flower and I can see a lovely sea of purple on my train journey into London. Maybe this is a sign of global warming and southern England is now the new south of France ….
This week being Wimbledon, there has been the obligatory four-seasons-in-one-day sort of weather (congratulations to Venus Williams by the way). But if there are two things you always need to carry with you in England, all the time, whatever the season, it’s a pair of sunglasses AND an umbrella.
For a few years now, an enterprising local landowner has been planting several of his (or her) fields full of lavender. It’s now in full flower and I can see a lovely sea of purple on my train journey into London. Maybe this is a sign of global warming and southern England is now the new south of France ….
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