I write this prompt for Long and Short Reviews while looking
out of the window at driving rain. Good old British weather. For this reason,
top of my list of favourite things to do in the summer is:
Watching the rain with
a cocktail. More likely a can of cider when I’m at home, but I have had
many holidays in which walks in the sun have unexpectedly turned into
afternoons with cocktails as we watch the hammering rain from inside a bar.
Visiting the seaside,
or areas of beauty. Okay, Scarborough may not be the most beautiful place
in the world – for natural beauty I’m more likely to go to the Lakes or the
Peak District. But there is something about walking down the seafront with an
icecream watching the galleon go past.
Barbecues. Now
that we’ve moved into a new house we’re planning to invite family over for a
barbecue or two. My husband is looking forward to rolling his sleeves up and
trying not to burn the sausages.
So what do you like to do in summer?
I would love to visit... even with the rain :-) I am a not-so-closeted anglophile, so everything sounds great. And, now I have "Are You Going to Scarborough Fair" running through my mind. My post is live here.
ReplyDeleteI do love Scarborough, cheap and cheesy though it is.
DeleteI like going to the seaside and attending barbecues, too. They're both wonderful things to do during the warm weather.
ReplyDeleteMy post.
I haven't had the chance to do either yet this summer, but I hope to soon.
DeleteI'm all for those things. In Ohio, it seems like it hasn't stopped raining since May. So a cocktail while watching the rain sounds good. I'm in.
ReplyDeleteGreat list. :-)
I expect to do that a lot this summer - the weather's looking terrible.
DeleteThat actually sounds really lovely.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the watching of rain goes, it's likely to happen a lot this summer.
DeleteHaving grown up in the desert southwest of the US, I love a good rainstorm! But watching it with a cocktail in hand sounds even better! :)
ReplyDeleteWe haven't had a really spectacular one for a while, but they're always fun to watch.
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