The long, hot and lovely days of Summer driving

I had driven into the next town from my own to run some errands, and when preparing to return home I thought, what a glorious day this is for a drive in the country. The car was running perfectly, the roads were near deserted and so, instead of driving the thirteen kilometres home I went the long way round.

For the past two years the main road to a town to the West of  us has been closed for improvements. It was opened just before the August vacations, so of course I had to go and investigate what had been done.

There are roads that empty onto main roads that are paved and I've always wondered from where do they come? Time to take a run along those roads and I find that another entrance I have been passing for many years provides the other end of the mystery.

Newspaper headlines have been reporting that the dams are running very low on water. So I took a run up to see for myself. I wish now I didn't do that because they are worryingly low to the extent that I am feeling guilty about giving water to my garden.

It is amazing how quickly Britain imposes a hose pipe ban should there be an absence of rain for some small period of time. Habitually it does not rain in Spain during the Summer but there is no order against me filling my pool.

When doing a run of curiosity  like this I discover a lot of useless information for the time being, but one day I'll have to find someone's house and realise I know exactly where it is.

These are indeed the somewhat hazy, and very lazy days of Summer that will had gone before we know it. Yes, it is hot to the point of being uncomfortable in that it actually stings to be in the full sun. However, it is my favourite time of year in Spain, and when it gets too hot to bear we can always visit friends and family in England.

That will bring our temperatures down considerably and we will be back to reality. Bless you Britain!

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Eugene Carmichael