Summer?

Last year (late July I think?) we brought a barbecue and chiminea that heralded the actual ending of summer. Unperturbed on Friday we purchased from Ikea four rather unusual plastic moulded loungers for the garden.

Although with Sundays blazing sun they became increasingly hot, the plastic softened (malleable) and would bend & flex rather worryingly. We eventually christened the BBQ nearly a year after it's original purchase. So weather wise have already improved on last year with two days of potential use.

But now it's starting to pour and I have to ask "Was that it? Was that our Great British Summer of 2011?" I fear it might have been.