Heavenly Beverley : Anyone for Tennis...BYO Snorkel!

Sunday 27 March 2016

Anyone for Tennis...BYO Snorkel!

This Easter has produced the most extraordinary weather. We have been in Beverley for over five years and we have never seen rain of this magnitude. We are almost to the end of March and we have had more precipitation than we normally get by the end of May. In an average year. Which we haven't experienced since our first winter in Beverley.

The Avon, usually dry as a bone until June, has filled this year. Twice. Once in January and once now. The Easter long weekend in Beverley is one of the social highlights of the calendar. So, we have outdoor events such as the annual Tennis tournament over four days. Because it never rains at Easter.

We now stand corrected. Play at the tournament was completely abandoned yesterday. Forlorn tennis players were wandering around the street, wondering what to do with themselves. Legs with goosebumps illustrated the lack of long trousers, unheard of in March. The lucky ones had brought jumpers or coats of some sort. Any manner of plastic material had been fashioned into improvised raincoats.

So, the Gallery was packed all day. We didn't sell many pieces, but that wasn't the point. All these tennis players, suddenly with no tennis to play, descended on the main drag. We were delighted by the turnout and completely exhausted by the end of the day. I went home and had a sleep until early evening.

This morning was still grey and cool. Tennis had commenced once more but the weather remains fickle. We have had passing showers all day. So, the Gallery has been inundated with guests once more, some attempting to shelter away from the uncharacteristically miserable conditions.

My kitchen has been closed all of this weekend due to illness. I am sick of cooking and too weary by the time we close the doors. We have been open every day since Wednesday afternoon. And we still have another public holiday tomorrow to do it all over again.

I can't wait!