DRYING CLOTHES

My wife is always telling me that drying clothes on the outdoor rack that my son and I established in the middle of the back lawn is better than drying them on the indoor rack in the boiler room. Something to do with the beneficial effects of the wind, apparently.

Being ever willing to follow the edicts of my spouse, last night I put the first post-holiday wash of my clothes on the outdoor rack. And woke up this morning to find them both completely sodden and covered in bits of leaf and similar, after a storm during the night.

I knew there was a reason why I favoured the indoor rack ......

Walter Blotscher