My friend Diana (Dovey) in California can't stand it out there as it's too hot and dry! California is a lovely place but I agree with her...you can get fed up with too much heat as you can any other type of weather.
I think our beautiful British countryside is due to the fact that we get a lot of rain here which makes the grass, trees and shrubs grow NICely but I have to agree with you Kim when you say it's not all doom and gloom as people think. We do get some very NICe weather over here especially in my favourite season Autumn when you get cold crisp sunny days with clear blue skies.
NICe article,, funny you should post that bit Lesley, that guy Chris I use to chat to who lives not far from LA, says he loves the rain, and what with living in a valley, he has bad allergies , seems like they all love our british weather,
It's great to know that Nic prefers living over here than anywhere else, as it's beautiful countryside, somerset is, he chose well, I have to admit, England does have some beautiful countryside, it's not all doom and gloom as people make out, we can have some lovely weather, ok, granted we do get quite a bit of rain, but then again, Nic loves it, so it can't be bad