So this morning we woke up to drizzle. This despite the forecast offering us sunny intervals and a cool breeze. The cool breeze part was spot on. And by early afternoon we had some sunny intervals. But we had all grown used to sunshine and warm weather. Weather-wise today has been a bit of a letdown! Maybe it’s because ai have been watering plants!
I was all set to cycle to the market as usual but my daughter phoned me and said she was dropping the little chap off at nursery, up the road from our house, and suggested she should pick me up and go to the market with me. So that’s what we did.
People out and about divided into two camps: the optimists who still wore shorts and light tops and the pessimists who had reverted to raincoats and headgear of some kind. A fairly typical British summer scene, I suppose!
An old friend of ours has gone to Edinburgh to see Brice Springsteen. I’ve seen photos of the concert, which was yesterday, and find myself quite glad not to be in that huge crowd of tens of thousands of fans. I felt the same when I saw photos of the concert in Rome. We’ve seen The Boss a few times, the last time in Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia, with the same friend who has gone to Edinburgh. On that occasion we joked about the possibility of running into Bruce or members of the band as we strolled around the streets of Santiago de Compostela.
During the period of his current tour of Europe, Facebook has been full of photos of his concerts but also of fans who managed to get a selfie with The Boss. In Ireland in particular he appeared to just pop into pubs, pull the odd pint, maybe sing a song with the locals, all the while seemingly seeking his Irish heritage. Americans seem quite big of their Irish heritage. President Biden went looking for his recently. But from what I’ve seen so far, there appear to be few celebrity walkabouts going on in Scotland. We’ll see!
Meanwhile I am getting heartily sick of news reports about Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby. So its been a bit of a shock for some people to discover that the former golden boy of television is not as pure as the driven snow but really, is it a matter of national importance? Except maybe to distract attention from other matters. So it goes.
Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone!
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