This is proper school holiday weather. Wasted on today's modern youth though with all their indoor entertainments. How are they expected to get bored enough to discover the secret tradesman's entrance to Narnia when they have on demand access to every back episode of Peppa Pig.
I wish I could have a bit of what they feed those childrens' TV presenters though. A tenth of their energy might help me through Monday morning.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Nooo @KT53 .10 degrees hotter would be high 20s, getting on for 30 C which is too damn hot. It's grand just as it is. a bit of 🌞 would be nice but not at the expense of lovely rain and pleasantly cool temperatures to keep the garden growing well.
@JennyJ another 10 degrees would only put us at 25 or 26 at present. That's only the high 70s in old money and for me at least the perfect summer temperature.
17 -18 or so is just right for me. Warm enough not to need a coat or jumper, but cool enough to be comfortable in long trousers and long sleeves (to keep off the sun, bitey insects, prickly stuff etc when gardening). I find 25 to 26 uncomfortably warm unless I'm just sitting around in the shade with a decent breeze blowing.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I mentioned my friend being killed in Ukraine last week. He was buried there at the w/e and was given a military funeral, which he would have loved. Luckily he had no relatives, he decided because he did that sort of work full time, unlike me who only did odd weeks most years, that it would be unwise to marry. I miss him terribly, even though I probably only met him about 6 times. He was the sort of person that gives you some small hope that the human race can survive. If you feel like it, join me in raising a glass to Mike tonight, it will be my first drink since my operation.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
I'm sure your friend would have loved the idea of loads of folks toasting the memory of a life lived with such meaning. Mine will be a cuppa because work tomorrow, but the intention is there.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I feel sorry for these Design students having to come up with a product that people have always managed perfectly well without. I know the process is more important than the final result but it always feels like the project should be called 'What is missing from our landfill sites'. I guess someone has to train up to fill the middle aisles of Lidl though.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
In answer to "What is missing from our landfill sites?" I would answer 'landfill and seagulls'. Our local landfill has been largely replaced by an incinerator, with the consequent benefit that most of the seagulls have Foxtrot Oscared.
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@JennyJ another 10 degrees would only put us at 25 or 26 at present. That's only the high 70s in old money and for me at least the perfect summer temperature.
Luckily he had no relatives, he decided because he did that sort of work full time, unlike me who only did odd weeks most years, that it would be unwise to marry.
I miss him terribly, even though I probably only met him about 6 times. He was the sort of person that gives you some small hope that the human race can survive.
If you feel like it, join me in raising a glass to Mike tonight, it will be my first drink since my operation.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border