Sweaty, Betty
The temperature has soared since the end of last week. Today wasn’t really an exception. I have my usual 8.30am Monday meeting …
Summer in the city
So it’s been pretty hot this weekend. 29c yesterday and 30c today in London. After several lousy summers I have this feeling …
Cool Britannia – literally
Source: NASA In Britain we are experiencing our coldest, snowiest winter for a generation. And our island looks as if it has …
Reliving Wuthering Heights
This morning I left home at 7.15am to be instantly confronted by heavy, driving, squally rain – gigantic puddles and a cold, …
A touch of frost
We’re now in autumn and around the corner is the bleak midwinter that comes with living in northern Europe. The temperature has …
The remains of the day
As far as I’m concerned, Bank Holiday Monday earlier this week marked the end of summer. The day commenced both cloudy and …
Barbecue summer
We were told by the Met Office that those of us resident in the UK could expect a ‘barbecue summer’. Remember? I’d …
Bleak House
Such wretched weather. It was already raining hard by the time I left for work this morning (before 8am, I should add, …