Here comes the rain again

The rainy season is officially here. (Having said that, as I type this it’s a lovely warm day with hardly a cloud in the sky but according to the news it’s officially on.)

The rainy season began in style with a decent belt of rain that began yesterday morning and continued all day right through Felix’s two matches, as a result of which he got soaked to the skin and covered in mud, which of course he thought was excellent fun. Apparently the rainy season is not like the good old days when a delightful light drizzle fell continuously for about a month. These days, what with global warming ‘n’ that, it’s all sudden rainstorms followed by clear days which is most disconcerting for old-timers. However one thing’s for certain: there’ll be lots of rain comes things will get humid and sticky.

Already on my daily walks across the mountain (Eleni having abandoned me for the more sedate pace of her middle-aged lady friends who get together at 8:30 in the morning) I’m noticing the extra added humidity in the air. The good news is that our local beach just five minutes’ walk down the road is remarkably clean and nice. We tested it out last Friday. Although it was roasting hot, there was virtually nobody else there, presumably because the beach has not been officially opened yet: the formal beach opening ceremony, with the mayor coming down and everything, is not until July 3. In the meantime I trust we won’t get prosecuted under local by-laws for swimming without the mayor’s consent.