CLIMATE CHANGE
Two people walk through a large puddle during a heavy downpour of rain at Glasgow Green Picture: Colin Mearns
LAST week I spent two hours on the sand at Troon, wearing Factor 30 sunscreen, and came away burned to bright throbbing crimson.
On Sunday, at the allotment, there was nothing for it but to shelter in the shed as the heaven's opened and a deluge of rain poured down, leaving muddy big pools on the raised beds.
It feels like it hasn't stopped raining since, battering away until city streets are rivers deep enough for children to take a dingy along. Friends, neighbours, folk in the local shops - everywhere voices are complaining about the switch from hot sun to torrential rain.