Nessy's blog

Saturday 30th:
15 degrees C / 59 degrees F: Showers

Sunday 1st:
16 C / 61 F: Showers

Monday 2nd:
16 C / 61 F: Scattered thunderstorms

Tuesday 3rd:
17 C / 63 F: Showers

Wednesday 4th:
17 C / 63 F: Showers

Thursday 5th:
17 C / 63 F: Showers

So sod the sunscreen, sod the shades.......

Has anyone outside Glastonbury ever tried to pogo in wellies?????

Still, it's not all bad - Tony Blair leaves office tomorrow!

In this lush, verdant corner of Paradise, summer is usually defined as the two days you dare to venture out without umbrella and/or thermal vest. Today, the thermostat in God’s holiday home broke, and, while he waited in for the repair man, Ardgillan sizzled beneath the bluest sky.

The laziest of Sunday afternoons was whiled away in the company of the laid-back Ambulance Ltd, home talent The Devlins, the effervescent Zutons and the delightfully bemused Moby (who else would dare to follow Lou Reed with Billy Idol in the most surreal of singalongs?)

Having booked flights and accommodation (especially accommodation), it will have become apparent that Dublin is particularly demanding on the cash reserves.

As a rough guide, currency conversion is:

1 pound sterling =
1.5 euro
2 US dollars

I always find figures like this pretty arbitrary, unless you can make a like-for-like comparison. So today's NI price for universal items:

500ml bottle Coke = 92p
Starbucks black coffee = £ 1.35
Big Mac (just the sandwich, not the meal) = £2.19

Tuesday 19th June. 11.55pm. Northern Ireland, around 90 miles north of Dublin.

This may be the scene in homes across the globe:

The travel arrangements are made, accommodation booked. The luggage lies open - what to pack???

The weather on this landmass over the last week has been erratic, to say the least. Sweltering heat, thunder, lightning, torrential rain, hailstones and gale-force winds. The snowdrifts must surely be on the way.....