Deciding to have a barbeque at Portobello beach today was of course the reason why the weather has turned all cold and wet. I met my friends on the promenade and scarpered back to my flat with the sausages. We huddled under my tree cooking on two disposable BBQ's (which worked very well) I made some coffee in the kitchen and they are now off to watch some stand up at the Leith Festival. But I know if I hadn't planneed the barbeque it would have been a glorious evening.

The essentially contary and thrawn personality of the Scottish Weather System is well known...