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Post by jaqs on Jun 25, 2020 7:28:36 GMT
Ahh king cones, far more choc in the bottom than a cornetto.
An ice cream van has been visiting but I can’t bring myself to visit it. Never thought them the cleanest of places, but a cider lolly would be lovely.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2020 18:57:51 GMT
Okay. I’m ready for some rain now. Snow if someone can manage it.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jun 25, 2020 18:59:26 GMT
4am is when rain is forecast here in Oxford
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2020 19:02:25 GMT
4am is when rain is forecast here in Oxford Saturday here in London... apparently. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2020 7:53:29 GMT
27°
That's a stupid number of degrees for a morning.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2020 9:40:59 GMT
Today is going to be a long day. Give me rain, hail, snow, an ice bucket, just give me something other than this. I’ve moved my working-from-home office outside into the shade and I still feel like I’m stuck on the central line.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2020 15:26:24 GMT
Had to walk across town this afternoon. Factor 50 sun cream. That's basically paint.
I think my bones are starting to go mushy.
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 26, 2020 15:37:03 GMT
We've just had our 5 minutes of rain, and very welcome it was while it lasted. I sheltered under a tree, which I certainly wouldn't have done during lightning, but we only had thunder.
Blinking hot again now, mind, and the asphalt on the road is steaming.
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Post by sf on Jun 26, 2020 15:41:22 GMT
I am sitting on the couch in my living room with a large electric floor fan aimed directly at my face. It's like trying to work in a wind tunnel.
(The desk, unfortunately, is in a corner where it's impossible to aim a fan that big at it.)
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Post by clair on Jun 26, 2020 17:28:31 GMT
I've taken to putting a couple of large plastic bottles of water in the freezer then one of them sits bobbing about happily in a bowl of cold water along with my feet! Once that one has melted I swap them over and so on - it may not look elegant but it works!
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Post by Dawnstar on Jun 26, 2020 20:13:33 GMT
We've just had our 5 minutes of rain, and very welcome it was while it lasted. I sheltered under a tree, which I certainly wouldn't have done during lightning, but we only had thunder. Blinking hot again now, mind, and the asphalt on the road is steaming. That's 5 minutes more than we got. Rumbles of thunder for about half an hour earlier but zero precipitation. Thank goodness it's supposed to be somewhat cooler tomorrow. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2020 4:10:51 GMT
We've just had our 5 minutes of rain, and very welcome it was while it lasted. I sheltered under a tree, which I certainly wouldn't have done during lightning, but we only had thunder. Blinking hot again now, mind, and the asphalt on the road is steaming. That's 5 minutes more than we got. Rumbles of thunder for about half an hour earlier but zero precipitation. Thank goodness it's supposed to be somewhat cooler tomorrow. Rumbles of thunder? Bloody luxury. Where I am we didn't have no rumbles of thunder. |
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Post by yokollama on Jun 27, 2020 6:44:16 GMT
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Post by kathryn on Jun 27, 2020 8:41:19 GMT
Oh gosh if that had got going properly in those trees that could have been a huge fire!
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 1, 2020 19:33:14 GMT
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 25, 2020 14:24:41 GMT
On this very day last year, the UK recorded its highest ever temperature, just up the road from our Dawnstar. No danger of the record being broken this year, at least not in God's own county. Sitting outside the pub, I've admitted defeat and put on my very stylish sweater! |
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 25, 2020 16:29:24 GMT
TallPaul I already posted on Twitter earlier how glad I am that today is about 17 degrees cooler than this time last year! Especially as last year I had the benefit of work's air con - and I stayed at work until just before the building shut at 7pm - whereas this year no work = no aircon. I am currently gazing with pleasure at the heavy rain which has been falling since about 3pm. Now I just hope August doesn't get revenge by being boiling!
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 25, 2020 17:34:25 GMT
We had about three drops of rain walking home! It's going to be mostly scorchio in August, especially on my birthday, before cooling slightly in London on the 31st. 😉 For the sake of the hospitality and tourism sectors, and the hundreds of thousands of jobs they support, I kinda hope it is.
Best to stay indoors and watch the snooker from the world-famous Crucible Theatre! 🙂
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 25, 2020 20:24:13 GMT
I'm afraid my hopes are rather different to yours! I haven't watched snooker for years but can remember watching it on a black & white TV as a child (I'm not actually that old, we're just rather late adopters of technology!).Snooker was certainly interesting when you couldn't see the different colours of the balls! I'm more likely to be staying indoors watching F1, plus cycling when the TdF eventually gets going.
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 26, 2020 12:08:49 GMT
Snooker was certainly interesting when you couldn't see the different colours of the balls! "And for those of you who are watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green." |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2020 15:10:37 GMT
I'm getting my car repaired today. I'm going to have to walk 50 minutes to the garage to pick it up. It's 30°C in the shade here at the moment.
Bones can't melt, can they? I'm pretty sure bones can't melt.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 31, 2020 16:09:50 GMT
I believe bones get bleached, once they've been picked clean by vultures - maybe that bearded vulture that's turned up in the Peak District could oblige! Coincidentally, my mother's car is being MOTed today. Fortunately the garage is returning it. Though I'm rather envying your 30 degrees; we're currently at 34. Forecast to still be 24 degrees at midnight. Not anticipating getting any sleep tonight.
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 31, 2020 17:00:00 GMT
At a steady pace, my walk home normally takes about 45 minutes. If it's really cold, I can do it in 40 minutes. Today, with two heavy bags of shopping, and a mid-hill rest under a tree, it's just taken me 1 hour 10 minutes!
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 31, 2020 17:00:53 GMT
At a steady pace, my walk home normally takes about 45 minutes. If it's really cold, I can do it in 40 minutes. Today, with two heavy bags of shopping, and a mid-hill rest under a tree, it's just taken me 1 hour 10 minutes!
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 31, 2020 18:40:11 GMT
Apparently the third-highest ever recorded UK temperature was measured today, 37.8 degrees at Heathrow. I hate summer.
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