Yes, northern hemisphere weather is strange this year. We, in the US are getting howling storms in the north, then suddenly they're warm but it's cold in Florida, and then it moves over to you guys.
Nope. lol It is a story of when I lived in Dover. My knickers kept getting stolen from my washing line. I reported it to the police. My neighbour wore big ones, and they never got stolen. It took the police a month to catch the thief. THEY came to my house with a large sack of knickers!!! Can you identify yours they asked! OMG, they were all dirty! It was a long-distance lorry driver that was stealing ladies' panties from washing lines. I could not bear to look!