Where Am I?

There comes a point in everyone's life when they ask the important questions like Who Am I, and What Am I Doing Here? Usually, I'm busy enough with the question of Where Am I, and Who Are You?

If you're curious, click this link to browse to a Google Maps reference centred on my flat. Click the Satellite button, and then repeatedly click the + button to zoom right in.

You might also like to pan the map over to Hyde Park (or use this link as a shortcut). I'm not sure when this satellite photo was taken, but I'm a little scared Hyde Park does not look like the lush and green oasis that I've seen so far. In its place is a brown blot with areas that look like they're covered with something white. Is that snow? Everyone tells me that it doesn't snow that much in London. Does it really get that cold here?

We've had a few very cold days (by Brisbane standards) over the last five weeks. Mostly it has been pleasantly cool. But according to today's Evening Standard, the first half of October has seen daytime maximum temperatures higher than the average by eight degrees. The same article goes on to say that this winter is forecast to be the coldest for ten years. The 1995-6 winter was the last time that the UK even reached "average" winter temperatures, where it was 3.5C in the South. Brrrr.