It's raining again now, of course, but for those few brief glorious moments all of Vancouver came out to bask. Artists set up stalls along the beach selling twee watercolours, the chimes of an ice cream van were heard, and the smell of suncream brought Pete distant memories of his Californian birthplace.
Daddy...that hot thing in the sky...I'm sure I've seen it before...
What do Canadians do when it gets this warm? Bury their heads in the sand.
Although sometimes that sand's too hot to stand on.