It’s just not right, the temperature being mid to high twenties, blue skies and Christmas tunes on the radio. Observing the usual scrum to buy anything and people buying enough food for a month even though the shops are only closed for about 10 minutes these days, it seems that Christmas traditions are the same here as back in the UK. We had a turkey roast, with a sage and orange stuffing, pigs in blankets, great gravy and a selection of veggies – you need the oven on and three of the four burners when it’s almost 30 degrees outside, eh?

New Year was a little cooler but no less exciting. Oh yes. But that’s for another time.