Relatively speaking I’m in the South, though way North of Ernie – and I don’t recognise this dodgy summer at all here in the foothills of the SW Worcestershire Alps (very near Stoner, and I’d expect similar weather to P-Jay in South Wales). I was actually thinking we’re doing quite well – sure it’s not always been scorching and it’s almost always been windy, but plenty warm enough most of the time and not huge amounts of rain. Was it 2012 or 2013 when it seemed never to stop raining after the end of April – now that really was a bad summer.
I’m in Munich and the summer here so far has been crap. Lots of rain broken up by a few warm and sunny periods, but we’ve only managed two nights down the river with the bbq compared to about 2 dozen times thus time last year.
Last weekend it was snowing at 1800m.
Strangely, the two visits to the UK this year have been quite pleasant.