Brolly

Some of you may know that, in a previous incarnation, I actually lived in London. Including over a couple summers. Summer has always been my favourite time to be in London (and England generally), just because there are so many fun and wonderful things to do here. And once again, my generosity of spirit has led me to share them with you now (in no specific order).

Fun and wonderful things to do when in London during the summer:

• Have a pub lunch at one of those long wooden tables on the sidewalk
• Take tennis lessons in Hyde Park
• Go running in Hyde Park, or Battersea Park, or Regent's Park, or... (you get the idea)
• Have a picnic in one of above-mentioned parks
• Pay a quid to sit in an uncomfortable beach chair in one of the parks (there's a bit of a "park theme" here...)
• Go see some outdoor theatre or opera or concert
• Stroll along the Thames
• Head up to Cambridge and go punting
• Go walking in Richmond
• Drink Pimms
• Stand in the middle of the street with a pint of lager (apparently that's considered acceptable behaviour here...)
• Laugh at the funny English people with bare midriffs and painful-looking sunburns

Fun and wonderful things to do when in London during the summer and it rains every damn day:

• Pretend it's November
• Get the hell out of London
• That's it.