Long lost summers - Olly

Olly

Long lost summers

I am so done with the Scottish "summer". The rest of the UK has been baking in perfect weather for weeks, Scotland has had a couple of days of warm-ish sunshine, and I'm in the south east of the country – the good bit, weather wise. It's like this every year, and this is my 16th year. It's astonishing what a difference 250 miles makes. Apparently climate change will only exacerbate this, dammit.<br>We're already 2 weeks past the summer solstice, so the march towards shorter days and longer nights has already begun. It's a wonderful country in many ways, but I can't hang around and suffer the abysmal climate all year, every year much longer. It's insufferable. I'm starting to feel it in my bones.<br>No idea if this can or will pan out, but the idea of spending big chunks of time somewhere else each year is fast becoming life priority number one, and it's giving me hope. Spain is appealing because of the language (although parts of it have different weather problems right now, I guess), but then so is south east Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines). Asian winters, Spanish springs, back in Edinburgh for the festival season... sounds wonderful, and I'm feeling better already!<br>Where else should I consider? Help me feed my dreams.