Jack Blogs About: The Great British Summer

Rain, umbrellas, pale skin and repeats of Come Dine With Me, or as we British call it, 'Summer'. However, we're used to it now and so we all do our best to pull through. Now some British people find that leaving the country during the summer, and going to a lovely beach resort in Spain or France or America or one of the planets other warm places is the best thing, but because my family are just the most optimistic people in the world, we find that going 40 minuets down the M6 to Blackpool for two weeks is the best way to escape the rain. Oh God.

Blackpool is just like Manchester only its windier and there's more hen and stag parties. But every year I spend two weeks in a small, cramped, Wi-Fi-less caravan with my mother and two of my sisters, now in those circumstances, two weeks is far too long, especially as I have to sleep on a sofa bed that is about a foot shorter than me and has a mattress thinner than a really thin thing and a shower so small and un reliable that you have to plan your showers at least three hours in advance to make sure you get a bit of hot water.

Now I really don't want to complain, but I'm going to, it really isn't for me anymore. It's great for my sisters who think it's the greatest experience of their lives but for a 16 year old lad, I find it a trifle tedious. I would really much prefer to stay at home and go out with my mates. I'm one of those people who can't survive for long periods of time without seeing my friends, unless I'm doing something that I really enjoy that is, but I found after about 8 days in a caravan, I found that I was really craving seeing the people that meant most to me. My ideal summer is just sitting somewhere with a group of mates doing nothing but enjoying each others company, and that's what I will do next year, no more caravans, no more Come Dine With Me and no more rain! (No rain, ha! Well, we can all dream)

 (Now I promised that I would mention my wonderful friend Bethan in this blog, so I suppose this is me doing that. She is way more awesome than me, her words not mine.)

 Thanks guys, see you next week!

DFTBA
Jack :)