The Longest Summer Days

This is not what my summer holidays are like (photo: Supagroova)

When people talked about long summer days, I always had the impression that it was a positive thing.   Clearly I wasn’t talking to many parents on the topic. Summer days are not just described as long by parents because the sun is in the sky a lot longer but because you are with your child (or, gold help you, children) AAALLLLLLL day.  For a lot of us, that’s a new and surprisingly excruciating experience.  No playgroup, no childcare.  And then there is all the extra effort of stopping your child breaking everything and discovering a whole new set of dangers in another house.  There is no small amount of additional time and energy spent monitoring the movements of a child intent on discovering every corner and no-go zone of the your chosen holiday accommodation. The ornaments, so many sodding ornaments…  I’m hoping for a minimalism come-back to sweep the rental properties industry, without the sharp corners.  Read more...