See that's where you're going wrong. Absolutely perfect weather for cycling at the moment. Or just sitting in the sunshine doing nothing and watching the world go by.

To anyone else I'd point out that for me "sitting in the sunshine" is synonymous with "sunburning" and has therefore never been one of my favourite sports. However, all my most vivid memories of you in summertime include a vicious-looking sunburn that's almost painful just to look at, so perhaps this won't sway you :-)

I don't usually get burnt when sitting around doing nothing though: it's if I'm out doing stuff in the sunshine and not paying attention to it: cycling, the folk festival, painting the door on the front of our house. And spring sunshine is definitely safer for enjoying than summer. Wearing lots of black helps, cos you get too hot before you stand a chance of the uncovered bit actually burning :-)

I don't burn quite as easily as you do though, which I think is why I've never learnt to be quite cautious enough about it. I only usually get got about once or twice a year though, and after the first 24 hours it usually looks a lot worse than it feels.