I love how the British, kings and queens of avoiding eye contact unnecessarily, are drawn together at last during these terribly weathered days.

I am (mother-like) slightly fixated with grinning at people disconcertingly in the street. Usually, they're not even looking at me. Why would you, after all?

But on this, the wettest of mornings, many rueful looks sneaked out from under umbrellas. Maybe it should be lashing with rain for days on end more often...