Read more: Let’s all stand tall in praise of short folkNo need to tell you that it is the school summer holidays. No need either to tune into the shipping news to find out what to expect in the next couple of weeks. In the same way that the Inuit have countless words for snow and ice, here summer is just another word for wet. The sound that encapsulates my childhood summer holidays is the car’s windscreen wipers squeaking back and forth. Only belatedly have I come to realise that summer holidays here are a test of character.

Source: The Herald August 04, 2023 02:55 UTC