After summer and winter, here’s hoping for spring

If anyone doubts that Ireland has more climate than weather, they should take a trip to Crosshaven, home to Cork Week 2012.

On the fourth day of competitive racing at this biennial event sailors were less likely to get a soaking on water than the visitors on land.

On Tuesday it was gentle breezes and sunshine and it looked like summer had finally arrived. But yesterday, spoilsport winter came back with a vengeance as the rain pelted down and temperatures dropped.