I’ve never been a worrier. It’s not in my nature as a rule, but I have to say that global warming is now seriously starting to disturb me.

The head-in-the-sand 4×4 brigade continue to scoff or pretend that this is a natural phenomenon.

Meanwhile, here in the UK we’ve just had what surely is the oddest summer/autumn ever:

July was the hottest month on record ever.

August was cold, wet and miserable. It hailed at one point.

September was the hottest September since records began.

Now we’re midway through October, the forecast high each day most of this week has been 19 degrees celcius, which is surely much too high for the middle of autumn!

Meanwhile, last week, we had several bouts of monsoon like downpours. Don’t get me wrong, it rains in the UK… quite often even! But not much. I mean, we never get real rains here, just incessant drizzle. This was different. This was like the skies just opening up for half an hour.

It’s official. I’m worried.