It's going to be like this for the next 7 months, isn't it?

[Sir C]

This is a civilised climate. Rarely too hot, rarely too cold. Proof, some might suggest, that god is an Englishman.

Winter is cosy. Winter is fresh. The city looks great at night - all the tiny lights - the antipodes as you'll recall from your Huxley.

A chap's shoes become spattered and grimy within moments of leaving the house. It's almost impossible to keep a crisp crease in the rousers due to dampness. I could go on.