Bad weather stops fair

By Stanley Collymore

A definitely cold and blustery July day with the wind

uproariously blowing at knots, and so uninviting

is it all that quite literally every living thing:

large or small and capable of independent

movement, is doing its level best, and

why not, to physically counteract

this continuous, boisterous and

wind-wrought aggressively

driven sustained assault.

Not so, however, the numerous and miscellaneous

vaulting seabirds hereabouts in Worthing, who

individually as well as collectively skilfully

engage in their inimitably choreographed

ballet de dance of theirs, as they rather

adeptly and clearly pleasurably ride

the dominant air currents of this

precipitous and quite furiously

developing, summer storm.

The summer fair, as is normally the custom at this

time of year, is currently in town – has been in

location for in excess of a week now and, as

is generally scheduled, will continue for

another ten days or so. But with the

knowledgeable, accurate and forewarned Met

Office forecast prediction of very severe

inclement weather striking this West

Sussex and popular English south

coast, seaside holiday town,

everything in relation to

this spectacular and

widely alluring funfair has,

for this one day, been

anticipatory and

temporarily

closed

down.

© Stanley V. Collymore

30 July 2019.

Author’s Comments:

Inclement weather, particularly in the summer, can be an annoying pain in the posterior; an exasperation that most people will assuredly tell you they can well do without.

But then, that’s human nature and, of course, we all of us quite honestly would much prefer there were no hitches in our holiday schedule and that everything started and ended quite swimmingly. And who logically wouldn’t want to agree with that clearly self-interested but overall, obviously sensible philosophy?