You can all blame me. I'm coming to Blighty on Monday for two weeks so of course we can write the first half of August off. I feel a bit dirty admitting it but until this week I was kind of glad your weather was so cool and unsettled, because it obviously meant the pattern would change when I arrived - well obviously not! I should know by now that Sod's Law reigns supreme when it comes to the weather. If the pattern is favourable it will change; if unfavourable it will go on seemingly forever!
To be fair, since I moved to Slovakia summer visits to Britain haven't been bad at all. I suppose that had to end this time round! Also, I seem to be escaping Bratislava just before the weather turns cooler and more unsettled here.