Colm O'Regan: The weather is my fault — I put away the Big Coat

Colm O'Regan: "I loved the weather, but it’s a relief to get back to more Spring-like conditions. I was tired of arguing with children about coats. Because the weather made an absolute eejit of me every day." Picture: Chani Anderson

If you’re wondering where the really nice weather went, I may have something to do with it. I put away the Big Coat. Into the attic. A direct two fingers to the gods. And if that wasn’t enough, I wore sandals. Yes, me with my hobbit-like toes. That was another “Come At Me Bro” of hubris to the Fates.

Statistically, it had to happen, anyway. And if we didn’t get rain soon, someone would have ended up burning every mountain top on the island.