How envious I am of the fine, clear, and sunny weather that you folk in GB are thoroughly enjoying, while we in NZ have only rain, hail, snow, gales, thunderstorms, tornadoes, and everything else nasty that you can ever imagine.

Yes, I am right up to date with your GB weather as I have been viewing Wimbledon each day this week. We on this unfortunate side of the world could easily gauge the extreme heat of your glorious summer days when the cameras zoomed on to an Asian tennis spectator. He had what looked like a white tea-towel spread over the top of his head for protection from your blazing sun.

The next time it’s pouring with rain, you loose your temper and complain about the bad weather, remember this quote by John Ruskin - “Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.”

Peace be with you all - you lucky people.