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July 4, 2007
Rain stops play
My interest in Wimbledon has long since gone - I just feel sorry for those poor souls sitting there with nothing to watch but the rain falling.
It seems that the weather is the main topic of conversation at the moment in Gazette House and gloomy predictions of this summer being a complete wash-out have hardly lifted spirits.
Last night I was 'attacked' by giant hailstones as I left our Ealing office and then endured a nightmare journey home along the M25 in thunder, lightning and torrential rain.
There seems little hope now for my crop of stawberries and tomatoes which started out so promisingly but now are just a sad soggy sight - oh well I suppose there is always next year.
I am due to go to the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show this weekend and it looks like I will have to hunt out my wellington boots and raincoat if the forecast is anything to go by. Yes, even the weather is starting to get me down.
On a slightly brighter note the newslist for next week's Gazette is already starting to look a lot brighter than the week just gone by, which was not the strongest paper we have produced on the hard news front.
We already have several promising stories in the pipeline and with the traditional 'silly season' fast approaching we will be looking to put out some strong editions over the next few weeks before half the population of Hillingdon head off for their holidays - I just hope they are not planning to spend two weeks on a sun baked beach in this country!
Posted by aseal at July 4, 2007 2:40 PM