So it still might be a little early to be singing this song but I'll take it where I can get it.
In Perth, if your conversation steers towards talking about the weather, it is generally a sure sign that you don't have much else to say.
However, in London, it is a whole different ball game.
The change in weather plays such a pivotal part in peoples mood and the dynamic of the city, it is often the initiation of most conversations!
Rain = gumboot wearing sullen faces hidden under umbrellas.
Overcast & cold = scowls as you rush to get from A to B to avoid the chill (and possible rain).
Sun = more people on the street in one day than you would actually see all winter.
When the sun is out, you don't take it or leave it, you take it and run!!
I remember going to the park on the first sunny day after winter - I actually stopped, looked around and thought to myself that there must be an event on. There is no way you would get this many people at a park at home unless there was a fete, or fair, or such.
But no - the english just sure know how to use their sun when they get it.
After weeks of cloudy skies, spouts of rain, and chilly winds - we have been welcomed to a much needed day (or 3) of sun & heat.. and in true English tradition, we too took to the park....
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