The heat is off.. but not for Cristiano Ronaldo

It's difficult to understand how the bookies are always right on the money when they offer odds on what the weather is going to do. You'd presume they get their information from the experts like the Met Office. Except the Met Office is normally wrong when it comes to forecasts. They're not even effective at policing London any more.

The meteorological office isn't much better. If Michael Fish told us we were going to have a good day the opposite generally happened. However, if Ulrika Jonsson said you were going to have a good night there was no reason to doubt her.

Everybody complains about the weather but very few of us do anything about it. We have been told summer has officially ended. For those who aren't certain it took place on Thursday 3rd July. A strict hosepipe ban was called for the following day. It was so strict American women were forbidden wearing panty hose.

Last weekend's weather was the best we are likely to see this year, or so say the bookies. Hills offer even money the UK won't have a hotter weekend again this summer.

But Ronaldo will still be able to concentrate his pre-season efforts on browning himself as he browns off Fergie. It makes a refreshing change to see footballers being roasted.