Press release -
Will it or Won’t it? Michael Fish Forecasts a chance of Rain for St Swithin’s Day, 15 July 2013
As legend has it, if it rains on St Swithin’s Day it will rain for 40 days and 40 nights.
With this in mind, Virgin Trains commissioned one of the UK’s most famous weathermen, Michael Fish, to advise them on the likely conditions on Monday 15 July 2013. After much deliberation, Mr Fish forecast there was a chance of rain.
To be on the safe side, Virgin Trains produced special umbrellas to give out to travellers at London Euston and Glasgow Central stations on the day. Some of the UK’s wettest cities lie on the Virgin Trains West Coast route with Glasgow recording the highest annual rainfall. In return for an umbrella, train travellers were invited to make a donation to WaterAid which helps people escape poverty and disease caused by living without safe water and sanitation.
As it turned out Monday 15 July was one of the hottest days of the summer so far, but Glasgow saw some showers, and Virgin trains' customers were happy to grab an umbrella to shield themselves.
In London, the brollies turned out to be quite a hit despite the sunny conditions with customers turning the jolly brollies into parasols.
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