Its sorta like summer - written mid June

Well its like summer has been and gone in London already. On arrival back from my Spring Bank Holiday trip to Scandinavia, the weather was pretty glorious (by London standards anyway.) We’ve spent a day down by the Thames, we’ve had a BBQ, we’ve sat out the back in the sun reading a book. And well, then it sorta started to be not so warm. The sun was not so bright, and there are now these grey smoggy clouds in the sky again. On Saturday Andrew and Huw (new flattie) decided it was still summer, no matter what. On a grocery shopping expedition, they some how ended up at ‘Pound Stretcher’ (sort of like a $2 shop) and came home with a kids blow up paddling pool. It was quite hilarious watching Huw and Andrew fill the pool by bucket from the kitchen sink, due to the fact that London presently has a hosepipe ban.

It lasted a good couple of hours until someone spilt beer in it and the water turned manky.
I’ve got to say I am thoroughly enjoying the weather, and we have all tried to make the most of it. We’ve spent a day down on the Thames having a picnic, the boys have played the occasional street football, and we all like to sit outside at night time and have a chat and a cold drink. All in all I can notice the difference in people’s attitudes, everyone seems a lot happier.
On another front, I’ve had pneumonia. (As if I don’t have enough health issues already!). Basically I felt like I’d had a cold for a couple of months and just couldn’t shake it. So I visited the GP who listened to my lungs and promptly informed me that’s because I had pneumonia. Nothing too serious though. Two weeks worth of some strong antibiotics and I was fine. GP reckons I probably had it for at least a good month before I went and sore him though. But oh well life goes on….

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