April Sun Brings May Showers
We had pretty great amounts of sun in April and May has been lots of rain. I thought it was "April showers brings May flowers?" England's weather follows no rules. We had to just be thankful that the pubs and outdoor restaurants were allowed to open along with retail shops, just in time for US Mother's Day. We did decide to celebrate the UK Mums on UK Mother's Day (March) and celebrate myself and US Moms on the US holiday, May 9th. We booked an outdoor table at a pub in town that also had a children's play area for noon on US Mother's Day. We received a call about 10am to say the terrible rain/weather (not shocking) had ruined their patio and sitting area outdoors and they would need to cancel our reservation. We were lucky enough that Mother's Day was going to by dry, not raining, no sun, but dry. Not, however, lucky enough to have our reservations stand. We improvised and went into "Town" where the mall/shops/restaurants are located. We w