Summer’s here… but something’s missing as well as the sun.

Unlike the period between 1965 and 1995 when every summer holiday was filled with blue skies, the scent of freshly cut grass and too many sweets, the school holidays have now become the time for the weather to deteriorate. This is not because of climate change, it is simply because we have become parents. True, it’s not great to moan about the recent weather given much more serious events elsewhere in the world but it just wouldn’t be right, proper and, let’s face it, British to let the a month go by without one tiny little moan about the weather. Loads of sun and no rain for weeks and now it’s holiday time we get this mixed bag! Six weeks of school holidays will pass very, v e r y, s l o w ly unless there’s a good dose of sun. Children get bored and as boredom levels rise, so the parental cash outflow can increase in trying to combat it.