I'm afraid I'm going to have to comment on the time old Cliché that is the British weather!

Now I know this is the sort of topic retired people are supposedly meant to chat about all day, I say supposedly as all the retired people I've met have a better social life than I do!

The thing is though, what still amazes me is the fact that as a developed country & a suppsoed learned nation,no one can cope with a small change in the weather.

I'm not about to start preaching about climate change & global warming, your responsibility to cut your carbon footprint & to recycle everything & anything you potentially will bin. I think we get enough of that from the government & media, that one more blog on the subject won't make much difference. My point is, if there are more than two days of warmth & sunshine, suddenly Britain is in a heatwave & the whole nation stockpiles on fans, BBQ's, sun cream & enough beer to keep the brewery in profit for the remainder of the year. Then there's the ghost white people who insist in wandering through the street with their tops off, who you'll see the next day looking bright red as they've burnt themselves.

On the other end of the scale, if the tiniest amount of snow falls, the country stops! The supermarket shelves are stripped bare with people panic buying, those are the lucky ones who can get out of their front doors, as businesses grind to a halt as 98% of the workforce are 'stuck' at home, choosing to throw snowballs at each other instead of carrying out the day job.

Interestingly the only weather us Brits seem to cope with is rain & overcast skies, even then you don't stop hearing people complaining about it! Amazing really as one of the most developed countries in the world, a little bit of weather can send us back to pre-historic times - now I'm off to enjoy the sun!