You can bet your life on the great British weather cant you? My good lady has arranged for her dance troupe (approx. 15 people) to descend on us for a garden party and bbq and at the beginning of the week Saturday had the best forecast ,sunny with light winds , what do we have? Heavy intermittent showers and not a chance of sunshine breaking through this cloud ,and not overly warm either
Luckily some years ago I came to realise that if you plan anything outdoors in the summer it will nearly always rain so built a large permanent undercover area with seating for around ten , so if everybody turns up , and they will knowing them as I do , some had better bring brollies and waterproofs!!!!!
There are times (quite a lot actually )when we wished we lived in the Med, Italy would do us fine