Bumped this thread as I have been looking at some historical weather
Tis The Grand National this weekend, was chatting with a patient laughing as I was there on Ladies Day 13 years ago and it was freezing, in fact it actually snowed for a spell.
So I have tracked down some Met Office Data for up North for the summer of 2005, it was not a hot one
and the months before were actually very similar to what we have had this year so far!
So no need to worry about a plague of Ladybirds and I wouldn't bother stocking up on factor 50 either. just my guess.