I feel I ought to add my voice to the long and ongoing grumble about the British weather at the moment. It is technically summer, though if I was to take a picture of what I see out my window, you would probably think October/November sort of weather.
It is not me over-reacting, but this summer is the worst I have seen in a long time. And it just so happens in 2012 when we have the Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics on our home turf. God must be havin' a laugh at our expense!
Yet another event sacrificed to the weather: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/news/foh-ticket-sales/
The English Heritage Festival of History event at Kelmarsh Hall has been cancelled. As a charitable trust trying to earn money, they do not cancel lightly. I just wonder how some of the outside sports for the Olympics will fair.
I feel very British by writing a blog about the weather. We are known for our cuppas, rain and telephone boxes. This year tourists will be hiding in telephone boxes with cuppas avoiding the rain. Try Covent Garden- they have some pretty wacky, jazzed up telephone boxes to hide in! So, maybe it is appropriate as the world's lens zones in on Britain, that we live up to our reputation and let the heavens fall as they may! After all no Mary Poppins is complete without a gale to sweep her in and her brolly.
Still, a little sun would be nice....
P.S. Where did the saying 'It's raining cats and dogs' come from? Can some QI elves please tell me that!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18783422
This is a very interesting article from the BBC, which caught my eye as the Headline was "Why, oh why, does it keep raining? *my sentiments exactly!!*
