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Scorcio! Our third heatwave this summer (so far) and temperatures have, surprisingly, been scorching!

Continue reading “12 July 2026”

Phew! One group of guests leave and another arrive – it’s all go in beautiful downtown Moreton Pinkney.

Continue reading “5 July 2026”

Scorcio! Scorcio! Scorcio!

Oh my goodness, it’s been hot! 36^o on Friday (just shy of 100^o F). Certainly not what we’re used to. We’ve had the hottest June day in the UK since records began and France enjoyed their hottest day ever! Typically, some woke scientists made a claim that the current heat wave would not be possible without the climate crisis. Burn, baby, burn!

Continue reading “28 June 2026”

Scorcio (again) and Brève (peut-être).

Short and sweet (?) this time – we’ve been away for a few days to attend the funeral of an old friend in Hampshire and our schedule has been frenetic ever since. And the next couple of weeks are looking similarly busy and action-packed!

Continue reading “21 June 2026”

Smellio!

For the second straight week we’ve had water problems. This time, exceedingly low water pressure meaning that, while we had a sufficient dribble of water to fill a kettle or a dog’s water bowl, there was no possibility of a shower – drip, drip, drip just won’t do it. So, Ms Playchute and I had to accept that we were going to be smelly for the next few days.

Continue reading “14 June 2026”

Rainio!

We’ve traded our sweltering temperatures of last week for a week in which we have had buckets of rain interspersed with some sunny spells. The garden needed the rain so that’s all right – the head gardener is very appreciative.

Continue reading “7 June 2026”

Scorcio!

It has been swelteringly hot this week. Indeed, there was a new record for the hottest day in May ever recorded in the UK! The temperature reached 35^o on Tuesday in London (95^o F). Our high in Moreton Pinkney was a mere 29^o on Tuesday giving way to a balmy 28 ^o on Wednesday and a positively temperate 27^o on Thursday. Scorcio!

Continue reading “31 May 2026”

What a splendid week! We had four days away in the Peak District with good friends – who knew the Peak District was so gorgeous? Probably everyone who’s ever visited. The weather wasn’t brilliant, grey and overcast much of the time with some bright sunny intervals, but at least we weren’t washed away in the deluge the weather folks were predicting. Friday, the day we left to come home, the morning dawned bright and sunny which allegedly we’re going to enjoy for most of the coming week. Scorcio!

Continue reading “24 May 2026”

A tolerable week on the whole, I guess – we’ve had a fair bit of rain interspersed with some bright, sunny spells. It’s been pretty “fresh” though and we’ve even resorted to lighting the wood burner in the evenings a couple of times. In May? Hmm.

Continue reading “17 May 2026”

Good morning. I hope the sun is shining wherever you are. We’ve had a decent enough week, a bit of rain and “sunny intervals” as the weather people call it. We’ll take it.

Continue reading “10 May 2026”