Hardly scientific, but ....

thanks especially to the G, which helpfully provides an indication of how long ago a news tale was added to the website - the Mail does something similar; and outside of that by a simple eye lead comparison of what is on other news sites, and on blogs, and how long it is since anything "new" appeared it would appear that just about everyone - with perhaps the exception of the BBC website staffers - is out having a fine time enjoying our summer, which is nice ....   Can't be long now before the evening air is heavily scented with the odour of barbecue's ....