I’m seeing a lot of social media posts from local (SA) people who have chosen to head to Blighty for a Christmas or New Year break. And in so many of them, the caption is something along the lines of:
A quick shot of us all before the rain started again…
or:
It’s another grey day in London…
Oh. I’m sorry. What exactly were you expecting from the UK in the middle of winter? Sydney Opera House perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plain?
This is, after all, a country which you regularly ridicule for ‘not having a summer’, and yet you’re irritated by the fact that it does winter things in winter? Weirdos.
Can I suggest that if you were looking for something warmer and drier, you used your Rands to go somewhere… well… warmer and drier?
More sunshine, but probably less Buckingham Palace.
Honestly though, moaning about the inclement UK weather in early January just makes you look daft. Rather head over there when the weather is better.
I think they have that planned for 2pm on July 23rd this year. But do check nearer the time.