34C in the shade here ... ridiculous ... haven't been this hot since I was in the S of France one August ....
Sounds like there's a story there, Dove. I can hear the opening bars of "Summer the first time".....
Staying in 'former' friend's inlaws' cottage near Carpentras for the only fortnight it was available (i.e. the hottest bit of the summer) so that my then OH could do some building work on it in return for staying there ... we had with us Wonky and her friend (both around 10 years old) and Wonky's brother who was 14 going on 25 It was an exceptionally hot summer ... the village pool was closed for a week due to 'un probleme' so one day the five of us made a trip through the Camargue to Saintes Maries de la Mer ........... in an elderly Peugeot 308 estate with no air con ...............
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have a delightful memory of Carpentras in the '80s. Went there with my OH who hadn't been to the Med before, and loved the climate. At the end of a day's walking, we sat at a table in front of a cafe in the village square. The waiter came out with an empty carafe, filled it at the fountain in the middle of the square, put it on our table and took our order. The water was cool and delicious. "I don't mind how long we wait for the meal," said himself. "I could sit and drink this water all night.". I hope the cafe and the fountain are still there.
Protesting is pointless, and whenever you see that silly Lilly Allen is there, you know how its going to be. When I have seen "protesting" on the news, its seems to be nasty,agressive,damaging property.
so sorry to see you awful news Hosta, the lovelly consultant on our ward sadly passed from this, he was only 44 with 2 small kids, found "the" lump on my back last year, was told it was a nodular melenoma, then an amelanotic melenoma, had to wait 2 months of hell after removal to discover thankfully, it was neither, but a BCC.
Does anyone remember the days when,if sweat dripped off your forehead, you took some paracetamol and went to bed? I was doing a finicky task and sweat dropped down on it. I wiped it off it and me. It's amazing what you can get used to. But I'd rather be used to proper British summers.
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so one day the five of us made a trip through the Camargue to Saintes Maries de la Mer ........... in an elderly Peugeot 308 estate with no air con ...............
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I was doing a finicky task and sweat dropped down on it. I wiped it off it and me.
It's amazing what you can get used to. But I'd rather be used to proper British summers.
I'm wondering if THIS THREAD is actually the cause of the prolonged drought? Worth considering, in my heat-addled state.