今日はウィンチェスターのカテドラルのお庭でお昼に夫の家族(弟夫婦、兄と兄のパートナーと息子)と集まってピクニックをしました。今週はほぼずっとお天気が悪い予報でしたが(実際はずっと悪いわけではなかったけれど、時々大雨になりましたので)今日だけ良いお天気で、とってもラッキーでした。日本人なら木の影に座る人が多いと思いますが、イギリスやヨーロッパではみんな日陰は避けて座ります。（わたしは日傘をさしていましたが。)
We had a picnic in the grounds of Winchester Cathedral with my husband’s families (his elder brother, his partner and their son, and his younger brother and his wife) at lunch time. The weather forecast wasn’t good for this week but this was the one good day without rain between some possible rainy days. Very lucky!
In Japan people would be sitting underneath the tree shade but not here, they all avoid the shade. I was glad I had a parasol with me!
ウィンチェスターは我が家からなら1時間半くらいで、3家族の家の真ん中くらいということで選ばれた場所だったようですが、わたしたちは今日はLyndhurst からだったので30分くらいでした。
They chose Winchester because it would have been about the same distance from the places where the 3 families live, which was about an hour and a half, but as we are staying in Lyndhurst this week it took us only 30 minutes.
ピクニックをしている間ほぼずっと良いお天気で、日傘がなければしっかり日焼けしてしまっていたところでした。
It was quite sunny most of the time while we were there, I would have got red from the sun if I hadn’t had a parasol.
それにしても、この歳で地べたに長く座るのはかなりきつい！しかも少し坂になってたし。
It was quite tough to be sitting on the ground that long specially because it was slightly sloping. I’m too old for this!