It’s raining. It’s been raining for most of the summer. May was okay and there were some dry spells in July but mostly it’s been raining. I know this sounds like a whinge, a complaint about something unavoidable and I suppose it is. But the rain has also had a positive effect on my writing. Last summer was a good one in terms of weather. I spent a lot of time away in the campervan in Northumberland and also managed to do quite a bit of walking in Cumbria but I didn’t get