Travel planning has always involved a gamble with the weather. Sometimes it’s a dead cert — the Canaries in December, for example. At others, it’s a long shot, Brittany being rain-free in August, and occasionally it’s no-hope outsider, as anyone who’s been tempted by a bargain package to Thailand in September will know.
But the weather is no longer a safe bet. The climate is changing, and last year offered the most dramatic and convincing evidence yet of its effects. Wildfires…