Has summer arrived?

Summer seems to have arrived this week with several consecutive days of warm weather.  I love English summer days when I’m not in the office and I can be out in the hills with a gently fragrant, warm wind blowing and the air filled with the sound of birdsong. However, this week, I’ve been stuck in stuffy offices, affording myself tantalising glimpses of distant fells or the languid River Tyne when a telephone meeting has become too tedious or I can’t face opening another email. I am just hoping that the weather gods will continue to be kind this weekend