People will know that I am often aghast at the behaviour of the Brits when the sun comes out. They strip off in every open space, regardless of their shape or size, there is g
lorious white flesh everywhere.
Today I joined them! It was glorious and sunny, balmy even. I slipped into my bathers, grabbed a towel and went off to Hampstead Heath where there are some swimming ponds. For the Aussies they are just giant dams but they are surrounded by green as far as you can see. Believing this could be as hot as it will get this year off I went.
And it was absolutely divine.
The only small disaster was when I dived into the chilly water, the bottoms of my bathers slipped from there intended spot! So a little more white flesh was exposed to the sun rays than intended. Fortunately the water is a bit murkey – so I am hoping it was not too shocking for the those waiting to jump in! The water was chilly but once you went comfortably numb it was divine to splash about.
It must be one of my favourite things to lie by water, in the sun, with a book and pretend that life can be so wonderfully lovely.
So I guess… if you can’t beat ‘em you may as well join ‘em
