Karen Koren: No way to enjoy Norway in summer

I’M having my annual holiday before the onslaught of the Festival. Every year I go to my lovely log cabin in Norway for a peaceful break with friends and family.

It is the quality time I crave all year - wonderful. Except this year, of course, like most of northern Europe, it has decided that the temperature will not go above 16 degrees and it will be the wettest June/July for years.

I have already slipped and fallen on my bum in the rain, snapping my umbrella and cussing a lot in the process.