Haha.. Yeah the only consistent thing to say about the British weather is it is not consistent.

It is starting to feel like a typical summer now. Sunny for a few days when people all strip down to shorts and bikinis and rush to the parks to lie in the sun for as long as they can. Sometimes it is a day or two sometimes less.

The truth is though, and this is the pragmatist's point of view, it is because sunny day are so relatively rare we value them so much more.

Sure it is sunny all the time in California but have you seen how sterile that makes everything? Arid, dusty and man made.

If you want nature's bloom you need nature's gloom as well. Sunshine after the rain or rain after the sunshine it does not matter which but the truth becomes we have a green country because of our changeable weather not despite of it.

So yeah.. it sucks if you plan on sunny days to do stuff.. but if you just take them as they come and not get too invested they are better to be savoured than squandered.