When it's spring again, I'll sing again...
... I'm going to Amsterdam! With the lovely Jane. Next week, in fact.
Actually, chances are it's not going to be spring-like at all.
In my home town we have something called "Mart Weather".
The Mart, or "Valentines Fair", is an old-fashioned travelling fair that takes over the centre of King's Lynn every February. It marks the start of the season for the Showman's guild, who's members take their travelling attractions from town to town throughout the year.
King's Lynn has a long association with fairgrounds, being the home of Frederick Savage, the inventor and manufacturer of the "platform gallopers", merry-go-round horses that actually galloped. And as a town we're rather proud of the fact that the annual fair season always starts here first.
Of course, we forget that this means we always get it during one of the coldest months of the year! In fact the arrival of the Mart nearly always marks the beginning of a particularly cold snap. Hence the term "Mart Weather". When I was growing up, my birthday (February 12th, fact fans!) was often spent snowed-in. Great if I had a new toboggan to test-drive, crap if I had WHSmiths vouchers that needed spending.
Maybe Amsterdam will fare better than King's Lynn, weather-wise. I don't really care, I just need to get away from the fens and dykes and get a change of scenery!
Er, they have mountains in Amsterdam, right?
Actually, chances are it's not going to be spring-like at all.
In my home town we have something called "Mart Weather".
The Mart, or "Valentines Fair", is an old-fashioned travelling fair that takes over the centre of King's Lynn every February. It marks the start of the season for the Showman's guild, who's members take their travelling attractions from town to town throughout the year.
King's Lynn has a long association with fairgrounds, being the home of Frederick Savage, the inventor and manufacturer of the "platform gallopers", merry-go-round horses that actually galloped. And as a town we're rather proud of the fact that the annual fair season always starts here first.
Of course, we forget that this means we always get it during one of the coldest months of the year! In fact the arrival of the Mart nearly always marks the beginning of a particularly cold snap. Hence the term "Mart Weather". When I was growing up, my birthday (February 12th, fact fans!) was often spent snowed-in. Great if I had a new toboggan to test-drive, crap if I had WHSmiths vouchers that needed spending.
Maybe Amsterdam will fare better than King's Lynn, weather-wise. I don't really care, I just need to get away from the fens and dykes and get a change of scenery!
Er, they have mountains in Amsterdam, right?
I hear they have a lot of molehills in Amsterdam.And from your recent rants,I would have thought that someone like you would easily be able to make those molehills into........
Have fun in Amsterdam.
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