RE: The Weather
To each his own. September to June is fine for me. For others 15 degrees and pissing with rain may well be their shangri-la.
As I stated in my post I am just giving my view of things as a European working in the right seat here. I'm not trying to big up the place or gloss over it's faults, just giving a balanced opinion of the good and the bad as I see it.
MGC