As a child I spent lots of time outside in all weathers. This was totally normal as far as I was concerned. I helped out at the local stables for years and it didn’t matter what the weather was doing. These days my children love nothing more than playing outside in a heavy rain and getting filthy. Last weekend they did this towards the end of the day, falling over and pushing each other in the mud and running around – they were so caked in mud, some of their clothes had to be washed twice. Fortunately – I keep a stash of their clothes for exactly this purpose.