Tracey Wickham's Blog - Posts Tagged "summer"
Memories of summer's past
It is very hot at the moment where I live in the UK, and if the weather forecasters are to be believed it is going to get even hotter before the end of the week.
It was so warm last night I was unable to sleep and I started thinking back about the summers I've experienced over the years.
When I was at Primary School, we lived in a house in the country which had a big back garden.
During those years I spent a lot of time reading and also writing short stories.
Some summers stick out.
There was one when there was a radio programme about ancient Egypt being broadcast quite regularly. I remember sitting on the back step of the house listening to it.
Then there was the time I rode my bicycle around the garden all summer.
I say rode, but to be perfectly honest I spent most of the time trying to stay on it.
By the time I was in Secondary School we had moved into the town and summer's changed completely.
I spent time going to the cinema, going shopping, ten pin bowling and going out on coach trips to places like Oxford.
After I left school my parents bought their own business and we moved to a village just outside of Dover.
Summer's there were full of reading and long walks along the cliffs during the day and also of an evening when it was cooler.
After my parent's retirement we moved a few miles along the coast. This time we were right by the sea.
Summers's changed again. Reading, walking along the beach, day trips on a coach and holidays to places including Dorset and Devon.
The holiday to Dorset stands out as I came home with a whole load of books in my suitcase which I hadn't taken with me.
Well you know what it's like when you see a book shop and you can't decide exactly which book you would like to buy.
And now summers have changed again.
Both my parents are now deceased and I'm living in the middle of England with my partner.
I know exactly what I'll be doing this summer: the two things I love the most.
I'll be reading and writing my second novel.
However you have spent your summer's in the past I hope you have an enjoyable one this year that will remain in your memory for many years to come.
Tracey
It was so warm last night I was unable to sleep and I started thinking back about the summers I've experienced over the years.
When I was at Primary School, we lived in a house in the country which had a big back garden.
During those years I spent a lot of time reading and also writing short stories.
Some summers stick out.
There was one when there was a radio programme about ancient Egypt being broadcast quite regularly. I remember sitting on the back step of the house listening to it.
Then there was the time I rode my bicycle around the garden all summer.
I say rode, but to be perfectly honest I spent most of the time trying to stay on it.
By the time I was in Secondary School we had moved into the town and summer's changed completely.
I spent time going to the cinema, going shopping, ten pin bowling and going out on coach trips to places like Oxford.
After I left school my parents bought their own business and we moved to a village just outside of Dover.
Summer's there were full of reading and long walks along the cliffs during the day and also of an evening when it was cooler.
After my parent's retirement we moved a few miles along the coast. This time we were right by the sea.
Summers's changed again. Reading, walking along the beach, day trips on a coach and holidays to places including Dorset and Devon.
The holiday to Dorset stands out as I came home with a whole load of books in my suitcase which I hadn't taken with me.
Well you know what it's like when you see a book shop and you can't decide exactly which book you would like to buy.
And now summers have changed again.
Both my parents are now deceased and I'm living in the middle of England with my partner.
I know exactly what I'll be doing this summer: the two things I love the most.
I'll be reading and writing my second novel.
However you have spent your summer's in the past I hope you have an enjoyable one this year that will remain in your memory for many years to come.
Tracey
