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  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489
    Thankfully there is a slight breeze today and not the searing heat of the last few days.
    SW Scotland
  • PalaisglidePalaisglide Posts: 3,414
    G.D. Coom up't north lad, here in Stockton it is only 22C. Early this morning a sea mist was covering the lawns which are still green unlike a few miles up the road they are brown. The Garden is blooming and I have the best show of an Iceberg climbing Rose ever, one huge mass of blooms, Some plants are fading others just opening up that cool North Sea Mist may block the sun for an hour the plants love it.
    Memories of 111F in the shade water rationed laying panting in the heat of day unable to handle the weapons or mount the armour cured me of any grumbles at the UK weather, it is perfect.
    Frank.
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    @Mary370 & @herbaceous Oh I know I was on my at allotment at 9pm last night still watering. I guessed as the "kick ball" was on telly I might get it all to myself, sadly not true as there are obviously not so many England supporters here as I had hoped. 
    AB Still learning

  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    There probably aren't enough people old enough to remember 1966 @Allotment Boy ! Or too many who remember the empty years since  ;)
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I'm not sure about the weather in 1966, but does anybody remember the great heatwave of 1976?  Six long weeks of glorious weather but no rain!  I wasn't a gardener then but oh, the novelty of not needing a cardigan or umbrella!!!
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    We are close to that in London. Here are England rainfall levels since May 1st,
    from the Env Agency. Very little for two months.
  • Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845
    I remember the summer of 76 vividly, I was 7 mths pregnant!
    as Joyce says a very welcome breeze today, we are very central but thankfully 650 ft
    never thought I would say that!
    thank goodness no water restrictions, so many plants droopy
    Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
    A A Milne
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    No rain in the forecast and my water butts are down to the last 400L or so now. I may have to resort to the dreaded hose before they declare a ban :o
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • ChrisWMChrisWM Posts: 214
    79F/26C; very humid. We had a trip to a National Trust garden that also has a rose garden.  We called it a day after two hours.  A lovely, stiff breeze this evening though!
    If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. Cicero
  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291
    How many of these have you said, or heard this week...


    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
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