Everything is better in the summertime....

Well, we have seen the worst of the winter...I hope. Seems like just when it decides to get warm, the weather turns on its head and hey presto, its cold and overcast again.

Now when I travel to a place, its often interesting to see what things I bring to the place and what things I take away....so when I arrived to the UK I brought with me enthusiasm, hope and passion, but I also carried with me the standard Australian perception about the sun - because shining is what the sun does most of the time in my native Oz, I did not appreciate it...

I have definitely increased in my appreciation of the sun, my big orange friend always in the Australian sky and not nearly as much in the sky in the UK. Having travelled extensively in South East Asia, I was always surprised when European travellers removed their clothes and baked at the first sign of sun... Having experienced the UK and the distinct lask of sun, I would be one of the sunbakers removing my clothes.