Tuesday 14th October

In the space of two short weeks we have been plunged headlong into a very wet and windy Autumn.  The summer seemed late this year and August was poor, but we were rewarded with a splendid September which seemed to just drift on and on.  Two weeks ago we were sitting outside a beach hut at Frinton, enjoying glorious sunshine and wondering at how lovely this late summer was.  Now we are shivering and drenched every time we venture out. The tube this morning was full of dripping umbrellas and thick coats drawn up to the neck and long miserable faces.  Strange how the weather affects us so much, and yet undeniably it does.  Me too, I am grouchy (even more grouchy than normal) when it rains persistently all day.

They say the English only ever talk about the weather; maybe that is because we have so much of it.  If it isn’t raining, it is pouring.   Well I suppose it makes a change from Politics, or Wars we are being dragged into, or the new threat to us all – Ebola.  Just imagine having to try to avoid any physical contact on our crowded tube trains, if Ebola ever gets here it will spread like wildfire.  Have a cheerful day.