I’m not sure whether two or three data points constitute a statistically significant pattern, but just recently there has been a remarkable correlation between us spending the weekend away from Manchester and experiencing beautiful weather.

Not seen - huge nuclear power station

Two weeks ago we were at the Olympics wandering around in the sun, a month ago I was being sunburned in Norfolk on my stag, and now I’m sitting on the beach at Sizewell, having gone paddling to mitigate the 30° heat!

Sparkes et al, 2012, Nature, “Pre-determination of meteorological events based on the travel plans of a 26 year old homo sapiens”