It’s a very British thing to do to talk about the weather! However, when doing outdoor activities it’s always necessary to know what you are in for. Of course here it’s mainly rain (especially after the awful summer we’ve had!) for which you need to always be prepared. With that thought in mind here is a song by Flanders & Swann which when you have read it will ensure you are ready for the vagaries of the British weather!
January brings the snow
Makes your feet and fingers glow
February’s ice and sleet
Freeze the toes right off your feet
Welcome March with wintry wind
Would thou wer’t not so unkind
April brings the sweet spring showers
On and on for hours and hours
Farmers fear unkindly May
Frost by night and hail by day
June just rains and never stops
Thirty days and spoils the crops
In July the sun is hot
Is it shining? No, it’s not
August cold, and dank, and wet
Brings more rain than any yet
Bleak September’s mist and mud
Is enough to chill the blood
Then October adds a gale
Wind and slush and rain and hail
Dark November brings the fog
Should not do it to a dog
Freezing wet December then:
Bloody January again!
(January brings the snow
Makes your feet and fingers glow).
Sorry for the language, but Mr. Flanders does apologise for the ‘Bloody’ on the record!