Here we are at the middle of the year and looking forward to a cracking summer. June is the month of the Summer Solstice, the time when the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky when seen from the North or South Pole. It generally marks the end of spring and the beginning of summer and is interpreted by holidays, festivals and rituals, some of which in ancient times were associated with religion and fertility. Hopefully one of those will be the ritual of dressing like a postie – in freedom-flaunting shorts and polo shirts.
It’s also beer garden time; al fresco drinking and dining and slapping on the Factor 30. But don’t forget the pubs with no outside area – often the coolest place to be (in every sense of the phrase) in hot, dry weather is indoors among the handpulls and keg taps....
