cats and dogs

It may rain stair-rods or cats and dogs over these isles, but in France it’s frogs, ropes, or lances, depending on the force of the downpour.

There and back again – or what I did on my holiday

On the way to the station I noticed a workman’s hard hat; it was pinned to the wall just above ground level. Full of water, it carried the sign ‘dog bowl’ above it! In Paris