Thats the view from my bedroom window- that was a pretty spectacular dawn earlier on this year. English weather is a bit of a global joke, of course, as a race, we are obsessed with discussing it- but so would you be if you had the variation and unpredictability that comes from living on a small island on the edge of several major air and sea currents. Right now, its almost 3am, and its raining- not in itself remarkable. However- the weather here has been glorious for some weeks, warm and sunny- it rained last night too- and the SMELL! It was positively tropical- that smell of vegetation, dust and warmth that comes with a tropical shower. That is reinforced by the sun in the day, rain at night pattern. Damn, I love living here! I only wish we had the tropical temperatures to go with the current weather pattern- its warm, but many of you would snort derisively- its high sixties, low seventies mostly.