Raindrops keep falling on my head. ...

Not that I am complaining, although everything in my garden is now completely flattened.Flowers which should be standing a foot tall and stretching their heads gracefully to catch the warmth of the sun are lying horizontal along the ground in a kind of stunned "what is going on here?" kind of way!

Golfers in St Andrews have abandoned their pastel coloured Pringles and sunshades and wrapped themselves in their cagoules and woolly hats. The wind is blowing the flags almost out of their holes and is threatening to blow any wayward golf balls into the North Sea. But hey - you are professionals, this will test how good you are!

As on so many occasions in life the last words must be given to Dolly Parton,

"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain"

Spot on again, Dolly!