So...
In Australia we are very conscientious about sun sense. We are covered from top to bottom in factor 30, wearing hats and seeking out shade.
This does not explain, in any way, why we would have sat out in the back garden of Andrew's parents house in the New Forest on Sunday and allowed ourselves to get burnt to buggery. Attractively, I have a perfect imprint of the necklace I was wearing on my decolletage, and am therefore going to have to wear said necklace for the remainder of our holiday.
However, you will gather from this that currently, the English summer is defying all our worst fears and providing us with beautiful sunshine. It's a strange thing to be back in the place of your birth and seeing it through the eyes of a visitor. I actually think everyone should have this experience in order to really appreciate where they live. There are so many things you forget about a place when you live there all the time. England really is very, very green. It is absurdly lush in its greenery. And the flowers - the gardens really are a riot of colour. I don't want to start sounding like a romantic poet, but I have to go on to say that the heady scent of those flowers is almost more than can be borne. What a beautiful country this is. Course, next week it will be winter and we will be congratulating ourselves on our foresight in emigrating.
However, there are a number of other things I had forgotten....like the number of cars. And the worrying number of old people. And the wasps (which unlike Ozzie wasps do give a nasty sting).
We can at least, get a good curry, and spend time with really good friends. It is so wonderful to walk through the village and bump into so many people we know. Everything is reassuringly unchanged so far, and the children are thrilled to be able to spend some time with their friends. I am thrilled to have been able to spend some time with Nugs, who I have missed immensely.
Somehow, it is as if we had never been away...
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Wendy what have you done?? It's pouring with rain now and looks set for the week......Seriously I do agree with you - everyone should leave their home for a while and then return so that they appreciate just how lucky they are - then perhaps the English would cease to be a nation of whingers!! The South was looking particularly beautiful last week with wonderful visibility - you could see for miles - we could even see the New Forest from the top of the hill. We have had a weekend in Norfolk (visiting my brother)where it was quite amazing looking over the Wash and seeing the wind farm out at sea (Andy says it has never been as clear as it was). Now however it's raining so I have no excuse for not getting on with the work piling up on my desk - hope we can catch up before you leave.
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