It's amazing, innit, Al. One crap July for a tiny offshore bunch of islands just to the west of Europe is grist to the mill for the deniers. We haven't had a barbecue for six weeks, though we managed to squeeze in a week in Sicily just before the searing heat and forest fires kicked in. Lucky us! For years we've always had a pop-up gazebo in our garden (Argos's finest) for a few weeks in summer, but it rotted and we've invested in a blow-up Berghaus air shelter instead. It's still in its bloody bag...