Summer is a-coming in!

There are two UK Bank Holidays in May; we have understood that this was because a grateful nation wished to draw aside from day to day concerns and give thanks, on the first occasion for Tigger’s birthday, and on the second for mine, as they both always fall on or around those times. (What?)

The May holiday can be very, shall we say, variable, weatherwise. We’ve had some hot ones, over the last few years out on the boat in sweltering conditions, or at folk festivals in shorts. And we’ve frozen too. This one was not bad, and got better as we went along. Round these parts the Green Man still battles the Frost Queen for supremacy; if the Frost Queen wins, there’s no summer! (He won). Good to see the ladies with the flowers in their hair and everyone strolling in the sun.

Hal an Tow,
Jolly rumbelow,
All we are up,
Long before the day-o,
To welcome in the summertime,
To welcome in the May-o,
For summer is a-coming in,
And winter’s gone away-o!

So then, wow, went to see Oysterband! Third or fourth time, and always a good gig; makes you feel happy and angry and want to change things and dance (yes even me!) all at the same time! They’ve been at thirty years but still turn in a good set, and get through so many numbers, unlike some of these bands who set a mood with one song and then talk for five minutes, letting everything go flat again. Nice one for Tigger's mid-decade observance!