Friday 29 April 2016

Celebrating another Bank Holiday

I'm sorry if this doesn't apply to you, but in England we have a long weekend on the horizon. Monday is another Bank Holiday to mark May Day. It is also linked with International Workers' Day, so no doubt my shop steward husband will be singing 'The Red Flag'. He's been at a union conference all week, so is full of comradely fervour at present.

Not that the weather is looking brilliant. I think we shall need snow shoes, snorkels and sun cream in equal measure. It's going to be a weekend to be properly British: by which I mean obsessing about the weather, but carrying on regardless of wind and rain. It's what we do. You can bet your life that some tabloid journalist will take a photo of a bikini-clad lovely posing on a beach, while in the background other determined holiday-makers sit huddled behind windbreaks and stoically eating fish and chips.

I'm out with my uke again tonight. We're performing a small but perfectly formed set at the Raunds Music Festival . It's a ceilidh, so I expect we'll be stripping the willow at some point.

Have a good weekend, folks. 

Celebrate the Small Things  is a blog hop. Visit Lexa's Blog for the rules, and then post every Friday about something you're grateful  for that week. Originated by VikLit) and co-hosted by L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge and Tonja Drecker @ Kidbits Blog.   

6 comments:

  1. "...snow shoes, snorkels and sun cream in equal measure." Haha! What a funny way of putting it. Have a good 3-day weekend, and enjoy your uke concert, though I'm not sure if stripping the willow is good or bad. Sounds hard on the poor old willow, tbh. o_O

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    1. Rest assured no trees were harmed in the performance of the dancing, Lexa. My knees, though: that's another story!

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  2. The weather is surpassing itself just now - we had snow the other day and today is lovely and sunny but cold! Enjoy your weekend, Julia.

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    1. Thanks, Rosemary. I can't believe I'm still wearing my scarf when I go out in the evening - or maybe I'm just nesh.

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  3. We had snow and then really cold weather last week. It was like winter was starting all over again. Mother Nature can't seem to make up her mind. This week is rainy, but warmer. Hope you enjoyed your long weekend!

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