We are cooking under the heat dome, although in the apartment with everything closed and the fans on, we've managed to keep it down to 23° (compared to at least 10 degrees above that outside). My laundry must be baked to a crisp on the balcony but I'm not going out there to find out
Having told the Captain we would go to the zoo today, I felt duty bound to keep my word, but we went early so we could see everything and come back early before the worst of the heat. We bought a melon on the way home we will put it in a plate with some ham later and call it dinner.
There seems to be an embargo on exporting Charentais melons, sadly. It's probably a little early for them anyway. I remember a great deal of juice running down my chin when consuming them on camping holidays in la France Profonde.
Currently 32 degrees in Cambridge. Our house is east-west facing and the lounge is currently cooler than outside but we also have the option of my garden office, which has air conditioning, if we get desperate.
I have finalised and submitted my dissertation. Mr Heavenly has dug some post holes for the office decking (working around the shadow of the office).
@Heavenlyannie Congratulations re the dissertation.
Here in Chichester it is 30 degrees and I am lying on the sofa enjoying the "through breeze" Husband Beaky has managed to generate by manoeuvres with windows and shutters on both sides of the house. Every now and then he tours the house making fine adjustments 😆
No exam panel for my Masters in History as it is distance learning. But I am fine with panels anyway; I like talking about things that interest me! And because I study for pleasure, my studies are always interesting. I’m quite pleased with the dissertation, it was fun to write about a subject I teach in its modern form (mental health and society) from the perspective of eighteenth century Mad-doctors.
I might do the Masters in Classical Studies next year, it has a module on Roman funerals which sounds just my kind of thing…
Congratulations Heavenlyannie - onwards and upwards!
It was apparently 25° when I went for my amble, which I interrupted by buying a little tub of ICE-CREAM and eating it sitting (pleasantly in the shade) beside the loch.
When I went to dispose of the carton, the litter bin had a sort of hatch that you open, and when you close it, it says "thank you for using me"!
Have returned to Zooport from We Are Not Essex, while the temperature feels from 89 in old money to about 84. A bit cooler in the car (a recent replacement), but still pretty warm: fortunately we can handle heat, so long as it doesn’t exceed body temperature.
Now looking forward to Pimms on the patio, as we aren’t hungry yet.
Very hot here in the high twenties or even low thirties. Ice cream and strawberries were very nice. We ate them while watching The Hail Mary Project.,. We are now waiting for the garden to be in the shade so we can do a bit of weeding, watering and planting out.
I hope your day has been as good as it could be @Firenze and Mr F.
I have just comeback from choir and the house is fearfully hot, having stayed a reasonable temperature during the day. I have opened the bedroom windows and hope it will have cooled bit by the time I go to bed.
I’m a bit nervous as neighbours two doors down have been burgled recently. My lovely next door neighbours went away this morning. They both had their key safe boxes wrenched off the wall. Fortunately next door’s was empty. Mine has a key in. I was going to remove it but I am not sure of the code!
Puzzler - if you DM me I can advise you on working out the number (it depends on the type of safe and a few other things - it may or may not be possible). For obvious reasons I won’t put details on a publicly accessible forum.
I’m not a burglar but I have over 20 years’ experience in social services, including about 6 years attached to a home care team. I managed to crack my own keysafe code when we moved into a house with a keysafe four years ago.
If anyone has a key safe and is concerned by this, I’m happy to share tips on how to improve its security.
That could be useful @Aravis. What a worry @puzzler, I hope you can rescue your key.
Warm again here. Apart from a meeting this morning I have nothing much planned though I do need to turn my pile of notes on 'Is religion a force for good? into a few points to get the discussion started next week.
Congratulations @Heavenlyannie. I keep on dithering about starting a masters. If I step back from the council next year I might look again at doing one. I'll need something to keep my brain going.
We visited a deliciously air-conditioned cafe for a late bank holiday lunch yesterday. The food was also delicious, including the gluten-free dishes that various family members need. The owner is coeliac which means they properly understand how to avoid cross-contamination. They are on a farm and make their own ice cream so the food miles can be measured in metres.
The pastry swirls turned out very well - I wanted thicker ones so folded from the short side, which did mean they'd got slightly overdone on the outsides by the time the insides were cooked. There are some left; I was planning to have one or two for tea with salad (Mr Nen will have the remains of a casserole I did on Sunday) but am fending Mr Nen off as he is after one for his lunch.
Here in the Wilds of Wiltshire it is all about trying to keep cool - windows and doors flung wide at 6.30am, watering achieved by 7am, now holing up indoors with everything closed. The new house has a large atrium window at the front (south facing) and there's currently no way of covering the glass, so we're fighting a losing battle to keep the temperature down.
I've had two Zoom meetings this morning and today am grateful for current technology which enables us to see and talk to people who live at a distance.
We were on the edge of the thunderstorms predicted for this part of the country. A lot of rumbles and about twenty minutes of rain, but nothing dramatic. At least it is a lot cooler now, and tomorrow is forecast to be the sort of temperature I like - rather similar to what @Cathscats has had today.
Around 34 degrees here, quite unbearable to be out in. I worked in the office with the air conditioning on until 2pm and pottered in the house later this afternoon. Cooler expected tomorrow though.
Tea was tagliatelle in mushroom and spinach sauce with sausages (needed using up).
Actual record temperatures here, and not forecast to cool down until the weekend at least. I have also caught a minor cold, which is nothing much but in the current heat is a definite embuggerance.
Poor you, La Vie - that is indeed an embuggerance. Hope you feel better soon!
Another bonny day here: high of 21° and a very civilised 17° with a little breeze as I was coming home.
As it had cooled a little I decided I felt like cooking, and did tagliatelle with lemon, green beans, rocket and garlic (and a blizzard of Parmesan) for supper.
The 32 in Cardiff was bearable as I didn’t go out after it reached 27. We had some insulation fitted a few years ago which has cut our heating hills and also seems to keep the house much cooler in summer.
Hoping for cooler weather later in the week though!
I don't know how you are all functioning with temps of 30+!
Here on the south coast the sea definitely reduces the heat by several degrees, but it is still too hot for me, especially in direct sunlight.
I had been tempted to put the foil blankets on the windows, but am hoping we will have a couple of cooler weeks before I have to concede that the summer is here to stay and that time has come to put up the barricades.
I was out watering the garden early and it still feels pretty hot to me. However, Mr Nen has consulted his apps and informs me that it is cooler today so I am clearly mistaken.
This morning the mobile library pays its monthly visit to the village hall so I am going to shamble down there and see what's what. This afternoon Mr Nen and I are heading into Fairly Nearby Town, him for a physio appointment and me to have a mooch around the shops. I'm looking forward to the change of scene, having been holed up here for the past couple of days trying to keep cool.
My ancient i-pad died on me yesterday. The battery was no longer holding its charge. This morning I collected a shiny new one but I have just lost two hours of my life getting it set up. I did the previous one with no bother, but eventually I had to ring Apple support. So far, so good.
The next problem is how to charge it as the cable does not plug into my existing charging points. It will charge from my power bank but that’s not ideal on a daily basis. Not sure what I need…
The cable supplied plugs into the ipad but it is the other end that is different. I’ll see if the grandson knows what I need when he pops in tomorrow .
It's 30° here which is much more bearable than the 34° of yesterday!
I got up very early and did a couple of hours gardening. It's too hot for dog walks and they, sensibly, just lie around the house in this weather.
Now I'm considering lunch. I was going to do a quiche but it's far too hot to put the oven on. So maybe egg and chips. The chips will be done in my little air fryer - they are very nice done that way.
This afternoon I'm off to admire my friend's new car then I have an appointment with my nail lady. I shall have a different colour on each nail. 🙂
Same in Arkland the Dry, and, as you say, far more civilised. Back up to 80F+ tomorrow, so They say, which is why I hied myself to Tess Coe earlier today.
The tide has ebbed now, but a few hours ago even the great, grey, grimy Arklando River (not set about with fever trees) was sparkling in the Sun-Shine.
Cooler than yesterday here and a very pleasant 20 degrees or so while out walking with the Ramblers this morning. There were only eight of us as I imagine a few people thought it would be far too hot. We went to a nature reserve in the north of the county that husband and I hadn't been to before. It has beavers in one bit of it, though not the bit we were in. I spent a happy five minutes watch a dog very much enjoy itself swimming in the river though.
Nothing much planned for the rest of the day, but now it isn't so hot I really ought to crack on with writing things that my brain couldn't cope with in the heat, specially as tomorrow looks hot again,
I caught up today by visiting the Farmer Sea (for the next two months' Drugs), Tess Coe, and the Arkland Orfis, where I found a Penalty Charge Notice from our local Council awaiting me in my post-box.
A week or so ago, I accidentally stopped within a box junction, having misjudged the amount of space ahead of me. I guessed at the time that I'd been spotted, and sure enough - a £70 fine. Being of a calm and philosophical frame of mind these days (any other frame of mind is futile), I immediately paid up, thereby obtaining a 50% discount.
The photos online show my car, duly within the box, but also another car trying to get in behind me. No doubt that driver has also incurred a penalty...and rightly so, as it must have been obvious to him/her that there was no way out...
Lunch has been Italian - Spaghetti Carbonara, with Birra Peroni. I've bought some non-alcoholic Peroni, which contains Sicilian Lemon Juice. The ingredients include Barley, Hops, and Sugar (all VEGETABLES), as well as the Lemons (FRUIT), so this is obviously a very healthy option.
A high of 26 here apparently, and slightly more bearable with a gentle breeze. I spent the morning doing admin and answering student queries and the afternoon doing mandatory online compliance training (Prevent/anti-terrorism, health and safety, safeguarding and GDPR).
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Having told the Captain we would go to the zoo today, I felt duty bound to keep my word, but we went early so we could see everything and come back early before the worst of the heat. We bought a melon on the way home we will put it in a plate with some ham later and call it dinner.
I have finalised and submitted my dissertation. Mr Heavenly has dug some post holes for the office decking (working around the shadow of the office).
It is easy to avoid. Just don't eat unknown fruit salads or drink unknown Pims. 🙂
Here in Chichester it is 30 degrees and I am lying on the sofa enjoying the "through breeze" Husband Beaky has managed to generate by manoeuvres with windows and shutters on both sides of the house. Every now and then he tours the house making fine adjustments 😆
I might do the Masters in Classical Studies next year, it has a module on Roman funerals which sounds just my kind of thing…
It was apparently 25° when I went for my amble, which I interrupted by buying a little tub of ICE-CREAM and eating it sitting (pleasantly in the shade) beside the loch.
When I went to dispose of the carton, the litter bin had a sort of hatch that you open, and when you close it, it says "thank you for using me"!
How polite is that?
Time to put together some salads for supper.
Now looking forward to Pimms on the patio, as we aren’t hungry yet.
I hope your day has been as good as it could be @Firenze and Mr F.
I’m a bit nervous as neighbours two doors down have been burgled recently. My lovely next door neighbours went away this morning. They both had their key safe boxes wrenched off the wall. Fortunately next door’s was empty. Mine has a key in. I was going to remove it but I am not sure of the code!
I’m not a burglar but I have over 20 years’ experience in social services, including about 6 years attached to a home care team. I managed to crack my own keysafe code when we moved into a house with a keysafe four years ago.
If anyone has a key safe and is concerned by this, I’m happy to share tips on how to improve its security.
Warm again here. Apart from a meeting this morning I have nothing much planned though I do need to turn my pile of notes on 'Is religion a force for good? into a few points to get the discussion started next week.
Congratulations @Heavenlyannie. I keep on dithering about starting a masters. If I step back from the council next year I might look again at doing one. I'll need something to keep my brain going.
The pastry swirls turned out very well - I wanted thicker ones so folded from the short side, which did mean they'd got slightly overdone on the outsides by the time the insides were cooked. There are some left; I was planning to have one or two for tea with salad (Mr Nen will have the remains of a casserole I did on Sunday) but am fending Mr Nen off as he is after one for his lunch.
Here in the Wilds of Wiltshire it is all about trying to keep cool - windows and doors flung wide at 6.30am, watering achieved by 7am, now holing up indoors with everything closed. The new house has a large atrium window at the front (south facing) and there's currently no way of covering the glass, so we're fighting a losing battle to keep the temperature down.
I've had two Zoom meetings this morning and today am grateful for current technology which enables us to see and talk to people who live at a distance.
Tea was tagliatelle in mushroom and spinach sauce with sausages (needed using up).
Another bonny day here: high of 21° and a very civilised 17° with a little breeze as I was coming home.
As it had cooled a little I decided I felt like cooking, and did tagliatelle with lemon, green beans, rocket and garlic (and a blizzard of Parmesan) for supper.
Less than that here and utterly unbearable.
I've never known a day with 32° temperatures that was bearable. Or anything above about 26° truth be told.
Yesterday when I went out for five minutes to hang out the washing the sun felt like acid spray.
Got to 28 indoors today. I had a fan on but it was just blowing horrible hot air around.
Hoping for cooler weather later in the week though!
Here on the south coast the sea definitely reduces the heat by several degrees, but it is still too hot for me, especially in direct sunlight.
I had been tempted to put the foil blankets on the windows, but am hoping we will have a couple of cooler weeks before I have to concede that the summer is here to stay and that time has come to put up the barricades.
This morning the mobile library pays its monthly visit to the village hall so I am going to shamble down there and see what's what. This afternoon Mr Nen and I are heading into Fairly Nearby Town, him for a physio appointment and me to have a mooch around the shops. I'm looking forward to the change of scene, having been holed up here for the past couple of days trying to keep cool.
The next problem is how to charge it as the cable does not plug into my existing charging points. It will charge from my power bank but that’s not ideal on a daily basis. Not sure what I need…
In other news, I have vacuumed and shampooed the downstairs carpets.
It was very pleasant here yesterday, with temperatures around 15c.
I got up very early and did a couple of hours gardening. It's too hot for dog walks and they, sensibly, just lie around the house in this weather.
Now I'm considering lunch. I was going to do a quiche but it's far too hot to put the oven on. So maybe egg and chips. The chips will be done in my little air fryer - they are very nice done that way.
This afternoon I'm off to admire my friend's new car then I have an appointment with my nail lady. I shall have a different colour on each nail. 🙂
Same in Arkland the Dry, and, as you say, far more civilised. Back up to 80F+ tomorrow, so They say, which is why I hied myself to Tess Coe earlier today.
The tide has ebbed now, but a few hours ago even the great, grey, grimy Arklando River (not set about with fever trees) was sparkling in the Sun-Shine.
Nothing much planned for the rest of the day, but now it isn't so hot I really ought to crack on with writing things that my brain couldn't cope with in the heat, specially as tomorrow looks hot again,
A week or so ago, I accidentally stopped within a box junction, having misjudged the amount of space ahead of me. I guessed at the time that I'd been spotted, and sure enough - a £70 fine. Being of a calm and philosophical frame of mind these days (any other frame of mind is futile), I immediately paid up, thereby obtaining a 50% discount.
The photos online show my car, duly within the box, but also another car trying to get in behind me. No doubt that driver has also incurred a penalty...and rightly so, as it must have been obvious to him/her that there was no way out...
Lunch has been Italian - Spaghetti Carbonara, with Birra Peroni. I've bought some non-alcoholic Peroni, which contains Sicilian Lemon Juice. The ingredients include Barley, Hops, and Sugar (all VEGETABLES), as well as the Lemons (FRUIT), so this is obviously a very healthy option.