Hosta... your are both welcome to stay in sunny Ipswich any time! Guest room with en suite... lovely garden, ghetto neighbourhood but makes for entertaining evenings lol.... also... Dove taught me how to cook so you would be well catered for if you ever fancy it my dear! Auntyrach.... that sounds horrible! Glad your home is cooler! Think I'd sleep downstairs if I were you! Please take care everyone this heat is very draining! X
Lots of water to drink folks, but something a little salty too ... marmite on toast or ready salted crisps ... there’s a risk that with drinking a lot and sweating too, we can lose too much salt and become poorly .. more common than is realised ... I’ve known it happen to a few folk ... a couple of them were already on a low salt diet so if didn’t take much to tip them into a dangerous imbalance.
Night night all ... may we all have a peaceful and restful night, wherever we are ... even if we can’t sleep ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good evening, We hit 38° here today, probably more in the kitchen. Lightening from afar tonight but still warm. I'm just about to drag the hosepipe out to water the terrace garden. The bra was abandoned 3 days ago and I very nearly ditched the pants tonight, it's the elastic that causes the problems. 😟 Luckily I don't often leave the kitchen.
A good friend had been delivering wood chippings which is great, but spreading them in this heat is taxing, do I sound ungrateful, sorry, it's so hot. So, so busy. I had this evening off so tried to book a table at a restaurant for a change. Nowhere open within a 10 mile radius, explains a lot! August in France.
Anyway, hugs to you all, hot and cold, midges and butterflies notwithstanding.
@Hostafan1 always a room here for a cheap holiday in exchange for a few agapanthus! Never lower than 30° all summer! 😁😍
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Don't know how hot it got here (numbers-wise), but I was perspiring quite profusely in the garden this afternoon. Don't suppose it counts as watering if the moisture is running off your forehead does it?!!
Haha Biglad...know what you mean! At least they can't enforce a ban on that type of watering! I looked a like I'd rolled in glue then dust and soil today after I'd finished work.... of course everyone too polite to tell me before I went into the shops.... thank goodness for face masks!
Morning, folks, was up at 4.30, friend coming round starting on the tidying up! Got lots of ironing will have to do that soon before it gets too hot. Was 20c overnight, BUT the air cooler arrived hurray!!! Now collecting the "grey" water from the shower. I see the poor folk around Haywards Heath have not had proper water supply since last Friday, doing my bit!!!
We have thunder and dark grey skies all around but not overhead. The rain radar map says it rained here about 6am but everything still looks bone dry. However it's on its way up from Bordeaux - 3 hours away - which is getting a hammering and then La Rochelle - 1 hour - and then we should get it later this morning.
I hope so cos I promised the roses and clematis they'd get a good soaking. Looks like Devon and Cornwall are in for interesting weather today and also north east Scotland.
Stay safe everyone and make sure your movables are stashed or tied down.
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Auntyrach.... that sounds horrible! Glad your home is cooler! Think I'd sleep downstairs if I were you!
Please take care everyone this heat is very draining! X
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We hit 38° here today, probably more in the kitchen. Lightening from afar tonight but still warm. I'm just about to drag the hosepipe out to water the terrace garden. The bra was abandoned 3 days ago and I very nearly ditched the pants tonight, it's the elastic that causes the problems. 😟 Luckily I don't often leave the kitchen.
A good friend had been delivering wood chippings which is great, but spreading them in this heat is taxing, do I sound ungrateful, sorry, it's so hot.
So, so busy. I had this evening off so tried to book a table at a restaurant for a change. Nowhere open within a 10 mile radius, explains a lot! August in France.
Anyway, hugs to you all, hot and cold, midges and butterflies notwithstanding.
@Hostafan1 always a room here for a cheap holiday in exchange for a few agapanthus! Never lower than 30° all summer! 😁😍
I looked a like I'd rolled in glue then dust and soil today after I'd finished work.... of course everyone too polite to tell me before I went into the shops.... thank goodness for face masks!
A warm night but I did get some sleep ... I hope everyone else did too.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
25C forecast with chance of thunderstorms from lunchtime right through the night.
I hope so cos I promised the roses and clematis they'd get a good soaking. Looks like Devon and Cornwall are in for interesting weather today and also north east Scotland.
Stay safe everyone and make sure your movables are stashed or tied down.