Haha, true, but surely there's got to be somewhere that British people can congregate to get some proper sun, whilst surrounded by similar-looking people?
I know what you mean about not wanting to go abroad though. I'm British and as pale as anything; went to Italy a couple of years ago and felt really stupid sitting on the beach surrounded by incredibly tanned people that I'm sure were all looking at me... Yeah, maybe we should just all accept that we should stay up here hiding in our rainclouds!