Weather

You can tell the weather has become more pleasant over the last month or so (30ish degrees during the day, 20ish at night) because more and more things have been happening out and about in Doha. A couple of weeks after the French planes (see the last post) we were treated to the Red Arrows doing pretty much the same thing;

and in between these two air displays was the Doha leg of the Class 1 Powerboat Grand Prix;

followed by the F1 World Powerboat Championship the following week (which was affected by the wind as you can see from the video below!);

We've been trying to make the most of this nice weather by walking and running along the Corniche again, getting back up to the golf club, and eating out in some of the outdoor waterfront restaurants in the hotels.
Over the last week it's actually started to get a bit too chilly, especially when the wind is blowing, so some days the usual shorts and t-shirts have made way for jeans, t-shirts and light jumpers.
So far the heavier than usual rain we saw this time last year hasn't appeared, with only a few very light showers reported in the odd place or two. But we are regularly seeing clouds in the sky so it's only a matter of time before it gets wet, and we often see fog in the mornings;

It wasn't cold enough to stop us chartering a boat to nearby Banana Island last Saturday, with El's parents who were visiting for the weekend, and spend an hour or so swimming in the sea;

There's something nice about being able to swim in the sea on December 1st without freezing to death!