Category: Raincapes

…of stairs. Clair The Cape Queen donned her fine, super-long, super-heavy rubberized satin cape for a stroll out recently. Down the road, through the alleyway, across the road and then up the flight of steps – believed to be from the 1950s – and on …

The Cape Queen was on something of a mission recently and, grey cape on, she headed out and took one of her favourite shortcuts – in this case a lovely old footpath that connects the town centre to her home. This time the grey cape …

Yes it did, but The Cape Queen’s countryside exploring wasn’t marred by the wet weather. Why? Well let’s be honest, the answer’s obvious: a lovely late-1970s vinyl raincape stopped those pesky showers soaking The Cape Queen and let’s be honest again, she was giving rural …

Summer? What summer? The Cape Queen’s not entirely sure if summer’s started in her part of Mercia and when we last caught up with her it was raining, hence her voluminous green cape for a trip to the library. We’ve seen this cape a few …

It was a grey blustery day and The Cape Queen was wondering when the summer was going to start – or had those few hot days in late May been the summer? And with the clouds gathering and damp in the air – and The …

The British tradition of taking tea is upheld by The Cape Queen, who we caught up with as she was finishing off some cape-wearing housework. Tea? Yes. But what about the accompanying biscuits? They’re a definite, especially after the housework’s finished, when it’s time to …