I get caught in them, mainly anticipating that the next car will exit the junction smartish, and then they don't. So far I haven't paid a fine.
Same here. It's very easy to do, especially if a fire engine or ambulance suddenly appears and everyone stops; or if someone sneaks in from the left (where that's possible). On the other hand I have on several occasions been tooted by an irate driver behind me, or even been "undertaken", because I have waited for the junction to clear before moving forward.
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.
I had some of the lemon non-alcoholic Peroni last week and rather enjoyed it @Bishops Finger They do an orange one too that I'll try sometime. I do like non-alcoholic beers, the taste is pretty much the same as the alcoholic version unlike non-alcohol wine which is usually pretty dire.
I’m pleased to report that my corner shop had exactly what I needed to charge my new ipad.
I have walked into town and back twice today, including for Scrabble group this afternoon but tonight I need to take the car for choir.
It is still too hot for my liking but bearable.
Spag bol has been consumed.
30c at about 4pm and starting to cool down. Possible thunderstorms today, so we’ll have to be quick off the mark. Had cheap lunch out courtesy to youngest son who manages an eatery in town.
Last evening I sat in my garden and watched the progression of a towering cumulonimbus which slowly drifted overhead, rumbling as it went. But not a drop fell.
This morning there was more rumbling and a drop or two, nothing more. Cooler today though, but my Pilates class this afternoon raised my temperature somewhat.
I've no idea what the temperature is outside but it's still Pretty Darn Hot, though with a bit of a breeze.
I had a happy first experience of the mobile library which, as it turns out, visits the village every two weeks (not once a month), parking at two different places (both easily walkable). The Helpful Library Lady enabled me to join Wiltshire Libraries and I could borrow a book there and then . There are also libraries in Nearby Town and Fairly Nearby Town so I am set up with reading pleasure for the foreseeable.
This morning I returned to the Powers That Be my bus pass for County Where I Used To Live and that gave me rather a pang so I was pleased to have my new Wiltshire Library Card to fill the gap, so to speak. I am already in possession of my new bus pass so am now officially an Old Wiltshire Person .
This afternoon we had a successful, though hot, trip to Fairly Nearby Town. While we were out we tried closing all doors in the house, to keep the heat from the atrium window from penetrating all the rooms and it was moderately effective.
The organic company which delivers my weekly shop sells a low alcohol beer with lemon which is a refreshing summer drink. I might go and have one now.
Tea was green curry spiced chicken thighs, with a salad.
There was a short bout of rain today, which I heard hit my office roof, but there was absolutely no evidence of it in the garden.
32.9 degrees here in Cardiff - hot but not unbearable.
On what planet is 32.9° "not unbearable"???
It got up to a very pleasant 18° here around the time I was coming back to the office from the hairdresser, and was still very nice as I ambled home.
Apparently it's going up to 21° (or 24°, depending on who you believe) tomorrow: I can cope with the former, but the latter would be Pushing It A Bit.
Back to salads for supper.
Apparently yesterday evening the surrounding villages had torrential rain and hail, resulting in flooding and trees down, whereas we had a bit of rain and rumbles of thunder.
@Baptist Trainfan I needed an adaptor into which the ipad cable would fit, to be plugged into the mains. This particular one takes both my ipad and my phone cables.
(USB-A and USB-C).
Glad you found the right adaptor @Puzzler. It's annoying that they changed the sizes of prongs (or whatever the correct term is), I've had the same problem.
I woke up to some unexpected but welcome rain. The sky looked far more dramatic than it did on Tuesday, when like @puzzler, we were on the edge of the mega-thunderstorm.
Shortly I'm off to my neighbours to start making a frock for a Regency ball I'm going to. The material is more day dress than full on ball gown, but I'm sure with a bit of trimming it'll do the job.
We had an excellent and most exciting thunderstorm at 1.30am with lots of lovely rain. The garden was singing this morning. We overlook allotments and someone came out in their car with a torch at that time to see whether their lightweight growers/greenhouses were intact.
I am off this morning to Nearby Pretty Village with a neighbour to the plant nursery there. I am dosed up on anti-hayfever meds and hoping there will be (probably Iced) Coffee and Cake.
Piglet asked: On what planet is 32.9° "not unbearable"???
To which Caissa replies, I often played football in grad school in London, On when the temperature spiked over 37 and then added humidity to take it to 40. Fortunately, they had water breaks, free substitutions and for myself, I played keeper. The climate in the summer was quite close to Fredericton's.
A bit cooler today but muggy. Some parts of rain had heavy rain last night, including the Youth Eisteddfod in Anglesey, but we so far have only had a hint of a few drops.
I had a very nice hour or so with my neighbour. Getting the bodice right is much more of a fiddle than I thought it would be, but we'll get there. I then went into town to buy some wine and a pair of shoes to wear with said gown. I hope I've chosen the right pair as I got plain ballet pumps and I never have much luck with keeping them on.
After lunch we headed to a wild flower farm which was rather nice, and I now have a couple more plants to fill gaps in the back border.
After a quick supper of the last of the cold meat and salads, I went and got my nails done, and it was so nice when I came out I went for an amble beside the loch before coming home. It was apparently 21° and felt very pleasant.
@Caissa - I found Fredericton way too hot (and humid) in the summer: I'm just not built for that sort of weather!
Past sunset, and still 75F in Arkland the Silly, where the promised breeze has not materialised.
Another tropical night beckons...
Shopp Ing will have to be done tomorrow, but at least Tess Coe is nicely air-conditioned! Our Town's store isn't large enough to warrant a coffee/snack bar, which is a pity...
Pretty warm here still. It was nice to be able to eat in the garden though, and afterward we did a bit of gardening, planting up what we bought today and discovering that the garlic we planted ages ago seems to have actually turned into usable bulbs. As a reward for our hard work we had cocktails from a tin. Espresso Martini for my husband and a Negroni for me. Negronis always remains me of my late friend T who made rather lethal ones, and the one in a tin was almost in the same league.
I hope you had an enjoyable day out @Nenya. Did you buy any extra plants too?
My youngest grandson came for lunch today then did some chores for which he earned some pocket money before going to a gig with his mates. He is on half term, revising for a few hours each day for his remaining A level exams, but also managing to get sunburnt and go for a dip in the river- to my consternation, given the recent 11 deaths of young people in the water.
Choir practice tonight was attended by a select few, one tenor, three altos and one soprano.
In French tomorrow we are talking about how we like / cope with the heat and what changes to our homes we might ( like to) make to accommodate the hot weather.
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Same here. It's very easy to do, especially if a fire engine or ambulance suddenly appears and everyone stops; or if someone sneaks in from the left (where that's possible). On the other hand I have on several occasions been tooted by an irate driver behind me, or even been "undertaken", because I have waited for the junction to clear before moving forward.
I had some of the lemon non-alcoholic Peroni last week and rather enjoyed it @Bishops Finger They do an orange one too that I'll try sometime. I do like non-alcoholic beers, the taste is pretty much the same as the alcoholic version unlike non-alcohol wine which is usually pretty dire.
I have walked into town and back twice today, including for Scrabble group this afternoon but tonight I need to take the car for choir.
It is still too hot for my liking but bearable.
Spag bol has been consumed.
This morning there was more rumbling and a drop or two, nothing more. Cooler today though, but my Pilates class this afternoon raised my temperature somewhat.
I had a happy first experience of the mobile library which, as it turns out, visits the village every two weeks (not once a month), parking at two different places (both easily walkable). The Helpful Library Lady enabled me to join Wiltshire Libraries and I could borrow a book there and then
This morning I returned to the Powers That Be my bus pass for County Where I Used To Live and that gave me rather a pang so I was pleased to have my new Wiltshire Library Card to fill the gap, so to speak. I am already in possession of my new bus pass so am now officially an Old Wiltshire Person
This afternoon we had a successful, though hot, trip to Fairly Nearby Town. While we were out we tried closing all doors in the house, to keep the heat from the atrium window from penetrating all the rooms and it was moderately effective.
Easy pasta for tea.
Tea was green curry spiced chicken thighs, with a salad.
There was a short bout of rain today, which I heard hit my office roof, but there was absolutely no evidence of it in the garden.
On what planet is 32.9° "not unbearable"???
It got up to a very pleasant 18° here around the time I was coming back to the office from the hairdresser, and was still very nice as I ambled home.
Apparently it's going up to 21° (or 24°, depending on who you believe) tomorrow: I can cope with the former, but the latter would be Pushing It A Bit.
Back to salads for supper.
If you move slowly, keep covered up (including a hat) and eschew talking, that all helps.
@Baptist Trainfan I needed an adaptor into which the ipad cable would fit, to be plugged into the mains. This particular one takes both my ipad and my phone cables.
(USB-A and USB-C).
I woke up to some unexpected but welcome rain. The sky looked far more dramatic than it did on Tuesday, when like @puzzler, we were on the edge of the mega-thunderstorm.
Shortly I'm off to my neighbours to start making a frock for a Regency ball I'm going to. The material is more day dress than full on ball gown, but I'm sure with a bit of trimming it'll do the job.
We had an excellent and most exciting thunderstorm at 1.30am with lots of lovely rain. The garden was singing this morning. We overlook allotments and someone came out in their car with a torch at that time to see whether their lightweight growers/greenhouses were intact.
I am off this morning to Nearby Pretty Village with a neighbour to the plant nursery there. I am dosed up on anti-hayfever meds and hoping there will be (probably Iced) Coffee and Cake.
To which Caissa replies, I often played football in grad school in London, On when the temperature spiked over 37 and then added humidity to take it to 40. Fortunately, they had water breaks, free substitutions and for myself, I played keeper. The climate in the summer was quite close to Fredericton's.
84F again in Arkland the Dusty, but They have promised us a south-westerly breeze this afternoon, which will help ventilate my sleeping-berth.
No need to go out today, thanks be to Māna-Yood-Sushāī.
After lunch we headed to a wild flower farm which was rather nice, and I now have a couple more plants to fill gaps in the back border.
@Caissa - I found Fredericton way too hot (and humid) in the summer: I'm just not built for that sort of weather!
The autumns were lovely though.
Another tropical night beckons...
Shopp Ing will have to be done tomorrow, but at least Tess Coe is nicely air-conditioned! Our Town's store isn't large enough to warrant a coffee/snack bar, which is a pity...
I hope you had an enjoyable day out @Nenya. Did you buy any extra plants too?
Choir practice tonight was attended by a select few, one tenor, three altos and one soprano.
In French tomorrow we are talking about how we like / cope with the heat and what changes to our homes we might ( like to) make to accommodate the hot weather.