Will's Blog

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The old adage about England is that it is windy and rainy. This was the predominant sentiment conveyed to me before we made the trip across the ocean. I ran out and bought a rain jacket, preparing myself physically and mentally for the upcoming onslaught of weather.

Our first week here was sunny and beautiful. In the first six months living here, the rain never bothered me. Actually, it was quite nice. Unlike the states, the rain tends to be just drizzly or "spot showers" where it rains for a bit and then drys off within minutes. It was nice, you would wake up to rain, eat breakfast, and go out to a dry land ready to adventure in the outdoors. It definitely was a mindset change from the states, where if it was raining, it was raining for a while.

Now its winter time. We are finely past the winter solstice and are gaining 3 minutes of daylight a day, getting excited about getting out of the gloom. The only downfall is that there are long stretches of rain and winds. Scratch the wind thing, its more like a hurricane. One weather report I read stated that we were having gusts of 84 miles per hour, with sustained winds around 60 mph. This means the poor 20+ pound children have to be attached to kit strings when outside.

Bottom line: Thinking of coming to the UK? Plan around the weather seasons. I see why they all live in stone houses. Harder to blow away...