A little sun isn't too bad. Dresses are 'in' this summer. Walking around town or the mall, you see a lot of beautiful girls in colorful and trendy summer dresses. I'm even wearing them. If it's a little chilly, wear your summer dress with a cropped sweater. Then put on a long neclace to be stylish.

Arlene, LA, USA

Oh what I would not give to have the luxury of no more endless, miserable, hot and humid summers! If I had the means to do so, I'd move to London next week, with a wet toothbrush in hand. You folks from the UK are understandably pining for just a bit more sun and warmth, but spend a summer in NYC.

Philip, NYC , USA

OMG is anyone ever happy at all - please stop whining all of you and just be grateful for all that you do have in your lives. And if you really cannot stand where or how you live then change it - dead easy - life is too short !

susan, glasgow,

I'd give anything to skip summer altogether as its all we get for 9 months of the year. Endless, wretched miserably hot, unrelenting sunshine on and on. Yes, there can be way too much of a "good" thing. Give me gray skies and cool blessedness -- and long sleeves. Dreams of England gray!

LFR, North Hollywood, California USA

Sigh. I want to live in England. Those skimpy tops and dresses don't look good on middle aged women, and I hate hot weather. And if you think New York is bad, you should try Washington-and we're much too stuffy to wear sun dresses to work here, so it's English clothes and hot, hazy. humid weather.

marianne evans, Vienna, VA, USA

Skin cancer is prevalent in the UK too Sanderino and I don't remember seeing any educational government warnings there about taking care in the sun, the sun doesn't need to be out to burn. And for your information, 50+ sunblock is no more effective than 30+

Margot , Brisbane, Australia

Funny, as an expat in Oz all I wear all in summer are long sleeve t's and dresses just to protect my skin from sun damage. When I go home now I am envious of the amazing glowing skin everyone has, instead of burnt walrus faces..... there is always a bright side, even to grey english summers!!!!

elizabeth stigter, st andrews beach, australia

I live in London, but I spend summers in New York, my hometown. I never thought of New York as a tropical getaway. I think the United Kingdom is the only place I've ever been without a summer, though San Francisco is a distant second.

Melissa, London,

I can't wait, when do we get global warming?

FMD, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

Good luck with the skin cancer Michelle of Oakham; Brits weren't made to live in "warmer climes" (not afraid of a cliche either) so make sure you slap on the 50+ sunblock every day of your life.

sanderino, London, UK

British weather makes me so sad,ever hopeful that the sun will shine, even abit warmer would be good! I am in dreamland.If it comes, it lasts afew days and then it's back to wearing jumpers and boots.Having lived overseas in 2 hot countries in the last 5 years I cannot wait to get to warmer climes.

Michele, Oakham, England