Dear LPG, 

I have always been one of those people who would not be found walking under a ladder and I never knowingly step on a pavement crack although I go to a lot of trouble not to be seen choosing my steps  as I walk with a funny gate in my attempt to avoid them.

I try hard to walk normally as I do my best to hide that particular habit,  but in spite of my age I have to admit that I still walk with my eyes focussed on the ground just in case I get it wrong.   I also feel the need to keep true to the odd way that I walk while avoiding the yellow lines that separate those diamond boxes that cars are not allowed to stop on while I am crossing the road. 

But I have just read a bit of online blurb that has quite surprised me.  Did you know that according to some information I found on line, quite a few of us are superstitious.  I found some statistics that inform us that London is the second most superstitious city in the UK, with Bristol taking first place), and I wonder how surprised readers will be to know which are the most popular superstitions that affect us.

According to the internet, Friday 13th is still the one that worries most people in the country although the statistics that I found are a little out of date now.

I think that the moral of my message is that there is really no need for me, or anyone who is as superstitious as me to hide the fact that they are trying to avoid walking under a ladder or on a crack on the pavement because the majority of Londoners appear to  all be doing the same thing.

If LPG have managed to post my message when I asked them to, today is National Defy Superstition day, but are you brave enough?

FW, Greenwhich

FW offers us her evidence…

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…and a little more about the celebration day itself…

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