Had an email from my brother in Nelson (NZ, not Lancs!). He was up at 5.30 on tuesday, and didnt get back until after 9pm, spent all day slogging & toiling away under what was still a surprisingly hot sun. He had to take his 7 year old son with him too.

The only difference being, that he was up so early to catch the tide and spent the whole day on his boat catching snapper & blue cod in peloros sounds. And he had to take his son, 'cos thats the kinda guy he is.

I can agree that the weather here is pants, we had a bbq on saturday...in our garden shed & I still have blood shot eyes! I guess that rush our traffic up here in cumbria isnt so bad, apart from the day of the farmers auction! But every weekend when we read the papers (have given up reading papers & news during the week as its so so depressing), it strengthens our resolve to go for it!

If summers booked for the 20th June, thats just bloody fantastic....its a monday...and they are bad enough without having to watch the sunshine from the wrong sid of the glass!