Horrible Weather

The weather has been absolutely miserable of late, what with overcast skies and frequent afternoon showers. It has been really windy as well and the rain has isn't just the usually British dripping rain but the kind which absolutely pisses down. The bad weather (and to be fair a bit of laziness) has meant that I have been taking the bus into town recently. To be fair, cycling in strong wind in not on my list of fun things to do, particularly when the wind tends to come at right angles to the direction in which you are cycling as it does in Oxford. Having it rain just compounds the problem.

Yes, spring has most certainly arrived. At least the British variety. As Chaucer noted, in the opening lines of the Canterbury Tales: when that April, with his shoures soote, the droghte of March hath perced to the roote