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HELLO FORKERS 😊 July 2019

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Very different from ours Lyn.Ā  They forecast 33c for 4pm here but it was 38C and hasn't cooled much now.Ā  Ā More tomorrow.Ā  Maybe some rain on Friday now but I'll believe it when I see it.

    Possum and I will do the SM run tomorrow while OH plays golf.Ā  Ā At least the S will be cool.Ā  Then we can go to the market at Olonne on friday, with or without OH.Ā Ā 

    VendƩe - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043

    Thank you about my horse @Fairygirl

    Daughter and family are staying and OH's stepdaughter and family, who are friends with my daughter now, are staying in a campsite with a river near hear. So I've spent the day with them all sitting in the shade, eating BBQ and salads for lunch and swimming in the river. Also looking after baby grandson, all chubby and smiley, while they went canoeing down the river. It has been very hot.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2019
    I’ve been sitting out in the dusky garden watching the frogs leaving the pond and heading for the (untidy) compost heap full of worms and slugs, and a hedgehog snuffling around in the Wilderness then scuttling across the grass, beneath the bench I was sitting on and then to rootle around in the island bed full of perennials and then to the veg patch ... while I was out there I was being feasted on by mozzies, then I came upstairs to find I’d forgotten to shut the evening sun out of our bedroom by reversing the blinds ... I foresee an itchy sticky night ... sweet dreams all šŸ›Œ šŸ‘ šŸ‘ šŸ‘Ā 

    Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Windows all closed here and winter duvet still on the bed.Ā 
    It's not hot here.
    Devon.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    got back to sleep around 5ish, now up for work. Rubbish.
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Good morning allĀ  :) I was awake with you @Hostafan1 aroundĀ 4:30 to 5:30 ish and then went back to sleep ...Ā 

    Now Im awake ā˜•ļøĀ 

    I know some folk say it’s very rare, Ā but if you’re having to be active in this heat and are perspiring a lot I believe it’s important to keep your salt levels up as well as drinking plenty of water ... I’ve known several people feel very odd at the end of a hot day and having been told to eat something salty ... a packet of crisps/salty peanuts or some marmite on toast ... they have recovered quickly.Ā 

    Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Hi all
    Going to be a scorcher here, already up to 27.
    Just been round dead heading the Dahlias, which are just coming into their prime.
    NoĀ  surprises in the cabinet then, possibly the most right wing ever seen in a British government.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Morning all/afties Pat if you're aroundĀ  :)
    Can't beat a chubby baby @Busy-Lizzie ;)
    Dove that's a good point. I met a chap and his Dad on a hill a few years back, and they both suffer a bit from that. The son said he always made sure he had a few bags of crisps with him when walking and it works a treat, as he can cramp up quickly. You get sweaty no matter what temp it is, andĀ  you can't always top up water easily.Ā 
    I slept better last night. I can't regulate my temperature at all since menopause, so I get cold/hot very quickly.Ā 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Morning all.Ā Ā 

    Sounds a lovely day with your family, @Busy-Lizzie... very special to have a baby to cuddle.Ā  Glad your horses are sorted too.

    Interesting about the need for salt when it's hot.Ā  Hubby gets a lot of calf cramps at night but doesn't like salty food...Ā 

    I can only listen to the news once a day.Ā  I know it's being an ostrich & burying my head in the sand, but there's only so much anxiety a body can bear.

    Right.Ā  Time to snap out of it and prepare some more raspberries (rather wormy this year) for jam.Ā  The kitchen, on the side of the house built into the hillside, is the coolest room...Ā Ā  :)
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2019
    I need to pick the last of the goosegogs but it’s too hot out there ... please can someone remind us this evening ....

    Lovely stuff on R3 this morning šŸŽ¶Ā 

    Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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