today marks the summer solstice, which should mean better weather for a few months...yet after the wettest Spring in 50 years, and predictions of more damp days to come, it`s hard not to feel sceptical about this year`s arrival of summer, when ever it actually starts...this old friend, an Irishman, is enjoying the moments though, as there is still an excuse to knock back a whiskey in the late afternoon, purely for restorative reasons of course