Edel Coffey: Hot weather in the middle of September feels a bit like having seasonal jet-lag

"My kids were still going for night-time sea swims but the trees were laden with conkers; the Christmas tree is up in Brown Thomas but the Mr Whippy van was also still out on the prom selling ice-cream cones."

Writer and columnist Edel Coffey. Picture: Bríd O'Donovan

I had accepted summer’s no-show status by the time it finally arrived earlier this month. 

I had already moved on to thinking about the autumn TV schedule, how to wear transitional fashion, and the return of the beloved 40 denier tights when our Indian summer swept in with its disruptive sparkly energy.