There’s not a cloud in the sky, it’s scorching outside, you can see the sunlight streaming through the windows, hear the birds in the sky. What a waste to be sitting in a sweat box of an office when you could be lying with your feet in the grass soaking up the sun? Corona in one hand, good read in the other.

A survey by Peninsula Law consultancy firm recently found that 80% of businesses reported staff “pulling” a sickie over the period of nice weather. Out of the 7000 staff surveyed 7 out of 10 were tempted to pull a sickie and 8 out of 10 felt that there was nothing wrong with taking an unwarranted sick day.

As tempertaures in the capital reached 28 degrees, this week, the city boar a striking resemblance to Madrid or Rome - lots of alfresco lunching and scooters buzzing about, you would be forgiven for thinking that while no one was looking London had upped sticks and moved slap bang in the middle of the med!

With the usual soggy british summer having disappeared for the time being those who do decide to pull a sickie, could almost be forgiven…that’s only almost, mind.

I just wish I’d done it first!