Solar panel people.

It is again Monday, and the sun hasn’t yet come out for a proper visit. By this time of the year here at home, we have had a good couple of really warm…well, hot days and most of us are sporting the beginnings of a summer bronzing. But this year it hasn’t been such unfortunately and you can honestly feel the mood lurching. It is really disconcerting how the weather affects the people living under it, and we’re not even considering getting wet.



I have a question though: Is it the weather, or the simple lack of sun?


In England, as is the general perception of many people the world over, the people a dull and dreary, lack-luster and boring. The English winter is cold, wet and dark. It snows there and that makes things slushy and not very pleasant. But a little further North into Alaska and Canada, people are happy and welcoming. They will invite you into their little ice-cube houses and offer you some seal fat to chew on while the yellow tea brews. I wouldn’t expect even a ‘Hello’ from a pom! The difference with these people is, in my unchallenged opinion, that during the winter a Brit will probably see one or two days of sun. The whole place is strewn with a clay grey hue and I am sure this does no more than suck the soul right out through your shoes. People further north are luckier. Sure, their extremes a greater, temperatures have a range of sixty degrees between the maximum and the minimum and the blizzards are strong enough to move tractors and bury houses but then there is sun as well as cloud. This is the all important factor, the sun. Yes, biologically the human race is exothermic, generating heat from within – but we are more similar to lizards than you might think.

Honestly, there is nothing better than sitting in the sun and warming up on a nippy morning. The human being not only needs to charge his body, but also his emotional core and mind. The sun really does this for me. It brightens dull colours and warms cold things, people and hearts. A sunny day is better than a cloudy one, just like a cold beer is better than a warm one.

So, let’s see if we can trust the weather man this week. He says it should be getting steadily warmer and sunnier as the week progresses and I hope he’s right. I need a recharge after this weekend. Maybe a cold beer in the warm sun…yes!

Chow for now


Brado