I know. I know. This is an heretical thing to state out loud but it is true. I hate hot weather. I always have. As a kid I would hide away when it got too hot and nothing has changed the older I have got. I know many people who can think of nothing better than to sit out in the hot sun, drink cold drinks and slowly turn red. Not me.

This morning I took my morning stroll just as the sun was rising and whilst this was lovely by the time I got home I was covered in sweat – in September! The Met. Office have stated that tomorrow will be the seventh continuous day of weather above 30 degrees c. In September. Whatever happened to the season of mellow fruit?

Of course anyone from the USA who might come across this will scoff at my plight. This is the lad of air con I know this because I have spent many wonderful family holidays in Florida in the Summer. Air Con does change your perception on heat and humidity. Well I don’t have air con, unless I’m driving my car, but isn’t that missing the point. Perhaps if we didn’t waste so much energy on Air Con then we might not have the situation where the world is making every effort to resemble the Triassic Period temperatures.