I would like to point out, in case anyone out there is calendrically challenged, that it’s AUGUST. The whole “summer” thing seems to have pretty much missed the UK this year, and whatever passed for it in 2007 appears done in all but name. With a few nice exceptions, it’s been cool and cloudy ever since we got here, with highs sometimes being around 20c (quite decent), but often only 15c, which is darn chilly for “summer”.
Last night WeatherGirl got fed up with it and actually turned on the heat in our house for a little while.
In August.
I’m guessing it’s gonna be a cold, damp year. Which, of course, is exactly what we expected, but we didn’t really expect it to start quite this early.
* The photo is from Alaska, which I realize is cheating, but I didn’t have anything sufficiently grey and dreary from here to share yet. I assure you that this part of Britain is entirely devoid of anything that would remotely look like a mountain.
** Since posting this, my lovely sister informs me that they’re having very similar weather in Ithaca, NY. The North Atlantic is going to a damp soggy place in a hand basket, apparently.
