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[NickFitz]

I know the news was saying Sunday was hottest overnight but I found last night to be the bigger struggle. I haven't switched the duvet because I lack the will to do a whole bed change at the same time. Technically, it's not necessary but if I'm going to the effort of wrestling with the duvet then I may as well do the whole lot. I'll deal with it at the weekend and suffer (not in silence) until then.

I was following a similar pattern of reasoning last night. It’s going to be a bit cooler later in the week, so I’ll stick it out for now. Next week will be even cooler, so a bed change at the weekend will be the time to decide how much duvet is likely to be required

[NickFitz]

Some cold chicken bits for lunch

Not a hugely busy morning. The thing I’ve been working on is waiting for the stakeholders to say it’s done, but the relevant people are off today so our weekly meeting was cancelled. There are some data export bits that the other dev didn’t finish due to a mix of needing more info from a different team who control the place the data goes to, and checking some things with stakeholders again. So I’m mainly just poking at them to work out if there’s anything I could be doing

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Sunny, no cloud from my vantage point. Currently 27 degrees with a high of 34 expected. Barometer down to 1028 mBar.

Sunrise 04:55; Sunset 21:02 BST

I know the news was saying Sunday was hottest overnight but I found last night to be the bigger struggle. I haven't switched the duvet because I lack the will to do a whole bed change at the same time. Technically, it's not necessary but if I'm going to the effort of wrestling with the duvet then I may as well do the whole lot. I'll deal with it at the weekend and suffer (not in silence) until then.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Tuesday?

Dry.

Sunny.

Blue sky.

21.5 deg in here, ?22? in the kitchen, 21.5 in the leanto.

1019.5 mBar, 30.1 in Hg, 764.7 Torr, 14.786 psi, (down from 1021 last night), 70% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 28th of March 2020 BR14, eek, LM, NF, vetran & I popped in, with discussion of tonsils, tonsillitis, tonsillectomy etc.

Slept reasonably well: no covering required until 03:00, whereupon a single sheet sufficed until the usual weird dream woke me at about 06:20ish. This one seemed to involve some sort of trip to an interview, curiously enough with a lady colleague sleeping in the same bed as I, though no rumpy pumpy seems to have transpired. . better luck next dream. .

Shopping trip to that Tesco: 34 bus out, 4 bus back. Cuts down the amount of walking by 60%. Which, in this unbearable heat, is good. Easier on the knees too.

Now recovering with a mug of mediocre yet consistent coffee.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: a thing about joining up music or something. <click>

TPTV William Tell "The cuckoo (1958)". The Swiss not being keen on Austrians. Come with me if you want to live. .

Edd China & his fat friend and the Morris Traveller. Whoever they sold it to seems to put some considerable miles on it though it's not seen the MOT station since 2020 according to the DVLA.

Outback Wreckers, ah, spit mate. Howls of outrageous laughter.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Same again today, it seems. It’s 22°C (“feels like” 25°) and expected to reach 31° - though it looks like it’ll get there a bit earlier in the afternoon and persist at that temperature for a bit longer. The barometers are down a little at 1016/1024mB, perhaps presaging the marginally less hot weather expected for the rest of the week. Normal service should be resumed next week

[WTFH]

Morning all
CBS, etc.
Phew, what a scorcher.

Took Max to the beach last night so he could have a swim and cool off.

[NickFitz]

Tonight’s only viewing was the rest of the episode of Traffic Cops which mysteriously disappeared a few weeks ago after I’d watched half of it. Maybe the rest of the series will start turning up too; this one is, I think the fifth one on the screen, is labelled “Episode 13” but also has the title “Episode 12” so they’re even confusing themselves

And in The Middle Kingdoms there’s trouble with the Turks and the Cossacks. Also much argument over religion, though the Swiss seemed to have a handle on it: when Geneva Zurich resorted to armed conflict with a neighbouring canton over the vexed question of Catholicism v. Protestantism, their forces met on the field of battle but just made soup together instead of fighting

Oh, and I did the mundane laundry this evening, having forgotten to do it any earlier

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea has been a couple of roast chicken thighs with noodles coated in what was essentially very thick chicken gravy

It’s down to 28°C here now, but the forecast has been updated to say it’ll be just as hot tomorrow

[ladymuck]

HWMBO braved the outdoors to walk over to Sainsbury's and pick up some comestibles for dinner. I chose not to join him.

I have been checking out a letter my brother found, which Mum received in 2022. It's from one of these outfits that write to homeowners to say they have a claim of some sort and they can sort it out for a 20% (plus VAT) fee. This particular one says that's there's high voltage electrical cables under the property and there is no covenant or easement in place. Allegedly putting such a provision in place should lead to financial compensation. Feels a bit like a scam and I'd expect something to be in the deeds from when the house was first built. My parents bought the property in 1985, and it was probably 20 years old then, so finding a paper trail will be fun.

[xoggoth]

Put off me walky until it gets cooler. Been doing lots of boring DIY jobs, mainly sealing garden paths, only in the shadowy bits to avoid that nasty shiny thing up there.

[NickFitz]

Leftover pork cutlet in a wholemeal bap with apple sauce for lunch

[NickFitz]

Links are up

[ladymuck]

Afternoon all

Another sunny day with minimal fluff. Currently 32 degrees with a high of 34 yet to come. Overnight may get down to 17. Barometer steady at 1031 mBar.

Sunrise 04:57; Sunset 21:01 BST

Hiding indoors; have no intention of spending any significant time outside today. I did notice the kids next door had knocked a ball over the fence so I returned that. That's enough outdoors.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It’s the hot one today: already at 29°C, it’s expected to reach 32° by late afternoon before becoming more sensible overnight. The barometers are steady at 1019/1027mB

It won’t be quite as hot for the rest of the week but the air conditioner is still going to be needed

[xoggoth]

Gawd. Spent ages this morning getting a quote for home insurance, having to check through docs and online to find out what my lock types were, exact month house was purchased, current house value etc.