Some groups of Australian aboriginals have a slightly different system for the seasons than other cultures. Instead of four seasons they have six, and often recognise an eight or 9-year cycle of the behaviour of the weather. This latter point is vindicated by the modern day ‘discovery’ of the solar cycle; a variation in the level of activity in the sun that can have strong influences in our weather pattern.
Why the background? Well, the hottest day on record in England was achieved in the summer of 2003. It is therefore almost entirely predictable that four years on we would be ‘enjoying’ a grotty summer like this during a lull in the solar cycle.
So would I not have bothered coming with the benefit of hindsight? Don’t be daft…
Everything and everyone is utterly filthy right now. Mud is ankle high. I'm going to have to clean every single item in my possession with a sand-blaster. I have accepted finally that I smell. And still, no-one particularly cares.
