It’s SUMMERTIME. It’s YORKSHIRE. It’s still RAINING.
As a kid I remember being told if it was settled and fine on the 31st July then the rest of summer would be great. However if it was wet on that day then summer would stay poor. It’s funny how often we have great weather in July then we hit the 31st and the weather breaks. So basically here in Yorkshire at this time of year – once the weather breaks it stays broken. But it’s great conditions for ducks.
See it’s true the Brits are always taking about the weather…..
Today was supposed to be another attempt to visit a new place. A local castle. Unfortunately lots of rain stopped play. So we will try again tomorrow.
Dad if we go now then we will have the castle to ourselves. But it’s a ruin. So no cover. Going to get so wet. On balance I will take a risk on crowds. This is way beyond wet.
Yet one hour later.
Dad can we go out and play footie.
It’s pouring down.
When the aliens come to invade earth they ain’t going to say – it’s raining we will give it an hour.
So in the pouring rain we played football then it was aquatic trampolining. Drenched. That wet that you can feel your feet shrivelling up. That wet that the football becomes like a bar of soap and weighs as much as a set of dumbbells. That wet that the ducks bugger off inside.
Tomorrow the colds will start but today it’s fun.
Was it raining cats and dogs ๐๐
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Ha ha. Yep it was
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Sometimes you just gotta play in the rain. It’s fun. Plus it feels SO good to get warm and dry again.
I usually hate rain, but sometimes it’s fun to just get over it and play and get pruney.
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Yes not everyday but occasionally itโs fun.
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What a picture you have painted. Donโt catch cold!
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At the moment no sign.
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Stay well and have a great weekend.
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Still no cold yet…
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I hope you enjoyed it and that you manage to blow off a summer cold. Oh the joys of rain. ๐
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Thank you
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I LOVE to play in the rain! I am a master puddle-stomper! Since you guys seem to have cornered the market on rain (we have had ominous clouds every day for a week now, but nary a drop hath fallen!), do y’think you could send us just a little bit, so I don’t have to break my back carrying bucket after bucket of heavy water outside to water the flowers? ๐ป๐ท๐ผ๐น๐ธ๐บ
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Happily but not sure I could afford the likely new Trump tariffs.
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Oh yeah … those. Sigh.
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Time for a coffee I think
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Great idea!!! โโ
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Itโs definitely a two cup problem
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It’s WINTERTIME! It’s PERTH!! It’s a balmy 24.7 DEGREES C!!! ๐
Not a raincloud in sight for 5 days now.
As long as it stays up in Yorkshire and doesn’t slip down to Edgebaston again I’ll be happy. ๐ (That was a toss we really should have lost!)
You, Sir, are a great Dad; hoping the colds don’t catch on. ๐
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Looks like a good pitch now.
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Sadly, yes. (But it’s no WACA!) ๐
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I bet they sell Fosters at The ground this weekend.
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Naaahhh – they give it away! ๐
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Remember we can go down like a stone in water when we want to,
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Then i just changed my mind about the rain! ๐
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Itโs stopped….
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Typical!
Having said that…. 3 off 11 balls!!!
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I think a target of 50 could challenge an English batting lineup without Sir Boycott.
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They should field the Yorkshire County side! ๐
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I would field the Barnsley Shin Kicking team.
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You have a real mean streak…. you know that??
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I was a nice kid then I started supporting Newcastle and the world took a distinct downwards trajectory
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Ahhhh… so we can blame New U. for the current state of the planet.
Nice kids finish last anyway. ๐
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Indeed intrinsically linked.
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What fun! Hope it dries out for you (and could you send some rain our way? My poor plants are shriveling) ๐
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Still raining.
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Aggh, bummer. Still dry as a bone here.
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Still as wet as the Atlantic here.
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I love you out look.:)
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I loved to play in the rain as a child. Now I’m curmudgeonly about it. โ
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You have more important things to,think about at present.
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Like being boring.
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No. You know I didnโt mean that…. The other thing….
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๐ I do. Just feel fat and boring atm.
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Boring never.
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He just called you Fat!!!!!! ๐ฎ
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I like to look at it more in terms of Iโve just removed one letter from Flat Tummy…….
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Oh, good save! ๐ ๐
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Great post about a great day! So much funโค๏ธ
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Thank you
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We visited my folks one July in Vermont when the kids were little. A big driveway area had a huge wide area where rain had collected. It was in a big dirt driveway area in front of their cabin like home at the time. The kids loved it and it took a while to get all that mud off them in the shower, much to my folkโs concern, but they had a great time!
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I bet they did.
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No matter how hot and dry July might be, the holiday weekend going into August we can always count on a downpour. Of course it is a long weekend so we are usually camping. (Toronto, Canada)
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Long camping weekends are so much fun
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Sometimes you just need that time in puddles and rain. It’s not always fun, the rain, but some days it’s just what the body and soul need xxxxxx
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It helps wash away some of the heartache and stress somedays. xxxxx
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It really does. xxxxx
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Probably donโt get enough of it really. xxxxx
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