Phew what a scorcher
Several months back I booked tickets to visit the Great Yorkshire Show. In all the years I lived in Harrogate I can't remember ever visiting and, as Jan was keen to go, it was a no brainer. The roads around the showground can get very congested but I did a little research and followed the instructions (even though it was a little circuitous) and got there and parked with no problem. The showground is huge and frankly the sun was too hot (28C) and, in order to avoid sunburn, we kept bobbing in and out of some of the covered halls to get a little relief from the searing heat. It wasn't much better.
Anyway, you certainly see the great and the good and judging from the accents they were from far and wide.
I saw the show mentioned on BBC Breakfast yesterday and wondered if you'd be going. It did sound like a decent day out. Why is it that 28C in the UK seems so much more uncomfortable than 28C in France or Spain? Humidity I suppose.
ReplyDeleteNice that you caught a photo of Jan as she competed.
We were talking about the heat issue on the way back. It definitely wasn't humid, far from it. I'd guess that it's more about consistency. In France you could expect 30C on a regular basis during the summer and after a while you expect it and adapt to it. Here it's a one off so the period to adapt doesn't really exist.
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