Never wanting to be one to be unprepared when I travel, I always like to know what the weather is likely to be at any new destination. So prior to setting off for Prague in the Czech Republic last week I checked the weather data on WhereWhenWhy. Seven degrees celsius average temperature in April sounded reasonable for the time of year, so I packed accordingly. Plenty of layers and some good thick sweaters for when the temperature drops at night.

My first warning came at the airport when the lady at the bureaux-de-change claimed in was ‘about 25 degrees’ in Prague at the moment. ‘Surely she’s wrong…’ I said to my wife and carried on to board the plane.

Arriving to the blazing sun and four days of perfect mid-twenties weather I had a great if somewhat sweaty and ill-prepared for (by around 15º C) few days.

So, the moral of the story is, in these days of uncertainty whilst checking the weather trends is useful, make sure that you also check the current weather conditions as well. You never know what might be waiting for you.