Summer? You must be joking!

Who said it was summer? This past week must rank as one of the worst in the history of mid Junes in the area of Dunbar...
The nearby strawberry farm, which was supposed to open on May 31st by the Thistly Cross roundabout on the A1, is still unable to offer its customers the chance to pick their own strawberries. We know, as when we went in today, a sign on the run up to the car park informed us, " No sun, so no strawberries, but have an ice cream on us!" No thanks, as the past week's weather has been truly awful here. Mist, fog, low clouds, rain, and plenty more rain. I feel sorry for the owners, who must be praying that each new day brings them the long awaiting warm sunshine...and the revenue that they must surely need to keep them going.

Yesterday, when I took Sandy down to Eyemouth for his weekly swimming lesson, I could hardly drive above 45mph due to the haar and mist, not to mention heavy rain. But I suppose we should be thankful, as it's not as bad as it was last week in England, as this video from BBC news shows! Also yesterday, we were looking forward to heading off for the school fair, an annual fund-raising event that usually has lots of stalls out in the playground. This was due to take place directly after the Nursery class were leading the Dunbar parade, marching around the town at the end of the Civic Week. While we decided it was far too wet, it actually went ahead. Crazy!

Anyway, we did go to the School Fair, where Sandy had the chance to pose with a very striking bird of prey- a Red Tailed Hawk! Unfortunately, I forgot my camera, so this is a very poor quality picture, which we had to pay for. It wasn't dark, though you'd think it was taken at midnight!

I also took a picture of Sandy playing me a Battleship- a game he bought at the Fair!