One way to sum up the weather here is to give you a sample of my packing list for a recent camping trip. It included: suncream, sunhat, shorts, t-shirts, flip flops, woolly jumpers, thermal leggings, woolly hat, raincoat, umbrella ... I think you get the picture. It is autumn down here in the Southern hemisphere. This means that during the day, the sun comes out and the temperature rises to a lovely 25 degrees, and I can lounge around in the garden with a magazine and a cold drink. As soon as the sun goes down, however, I retreat indoors to don jeans and jumpers. By bedtime, it’s cold enough to warrant blankets and a hot water bottle. I can’t really compare this to British temperatures, simply because the houses here tend to be built for
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