Saint Swithin
‘St. Swithin’s day if thou dost rain
For forty days it will remain
St. Swithin’s day if thou be fair
For forty days ’twill rain nae mair.’
Roughly translated, if it rains on the 15th July, it will rain for another 40 days. It’s now two weeks later and I don’t think it’s stopped which is a shame for the poor car which is still collecting gallons of water in the boot. Fortunately I have it booked in the garage on Saturday to get the light-seals put in. It will then be another job to disinfect it and give it a good clean to remove the smell of rank stale water however!
With the constant grind of work and the summer holidays upon us we have finally relented and decided to go away for a week’s holiday (we usually go away in October as well but might as well push the boat out). After much deliberation on prices and location (mostly prices) we’re staying in a Hoseason caravan park in Withernsea. No, I hadn’t heard of it either – it’s on the coast, close to Hull boasting a beach and a chip shop. It is fairly close to the other north-sea seaside resorts however and I expect we’ll be having day trips to Hornsea, Bridlington, Scarborough etc.
After booking the caravan, I couldn’t help myself but look at reviews of the place (why look at reviews beforehand? It just spoils the surprise you’ve just committed yourself to!) – a few horror stories about caravans full of spiders but nothing too scary. In a caravan for a week with a Dalmatian and two kids – sounds like fun!
