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Warmish Weather Set to Blast Britain

Britain is bracing itself for two days of warmish weather to hit our shores. In scenes that some forecasters are predicting will be a bit like August, people have been advised to wear a T-shirt and take their jackets off. Hotter than Finland The normal temperatures and dry conditions are set to blast into Britain on Wednesday and Thursday before it becomes ...

Feeling Liberated From Hope in Cornwall

When I drove down to Cornwall last week, a strange thing happened. I knew the weather was going to be utterly miserable but I didn’t care. I was looking forward to a break and there was nothing the weather could do about it. Hope and Despair Why was this? How could I possibly be looking forward to a wet break? Well, it’s like this. There is an old saying ...

UK Weather Trapped in A Jet Stream of August Heatwave Lies

What a crap summer. Okay, June was hot, but in late spring, April and May were cold. July is a write-off and so is much of August. Britain is stuck under a conveyor belt of low-pressure systems that isn’t going to shift. Rao and August Heatwave Twaddle When I have been out with the dog recently, I often hear people talking of a heatwave in August. I wonder ...

Cricket – It’s Pretty Shit Really

In a way, it was fittingly English that the most exciting Test Match in years should end up ruined. There were England, on the cusp of something special, then it rained. Not just for a few hours but nearly two days. Rain Wrecks Once in Century Opportunity England were, without doubt, in the ascendancy. Having reduced the deficit to 1-2 in the series, they were ...

The World’s on Fire and We Don’t Care!

I started following a thread about Sunday's tennis final yesterday. It focussed on how outrageous Novak Djokovic's behaviour was when he smashed his tennis racquet into the net post. People were absolutely seething that the hallowed centre court was being abused in such a manner. The End of the World From where I was sat, I saw a bloke approaching the end of ...