[jambutty]

I assume that what you call Jubblys Ernie is what we used to call Tub Lollies some 25 years back. They were made by ice cream van owners using 100ml plastic tubs filled with the fruity diluted ice lolly syrup and a wooden stick dropped in and then frozen. If you didn’t soak the wooden sticks for about 24 hours first they would float to the top.

During my redundancy merry-go-round I got a job with Rippleheads as a mobile ice cream salesman. That’s where I learned about Tub Lollies and how to make them. I also learned a lot of other things but now is not the time to reveal them.

If global warming does take off as some boffins predict Neil, most of England with the possible exception of Cornwall will, paradoxically, become colder. We will lose the effect of the Gulf Stream because it is what keeps the British Isles warmer than the latitude dictates. They reckon that the Gulf Stream will be pushed south as far as Spain and that would mean our weather would be more like Norway.

Hot days may be great if you are able to enjoy some leisure time but they are not so great stuck in a factory or office.