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31 July 2022

It’s been Scorcio! again this week. Temperatures have been in the high 70s to mid 80s which of course, for us, is hot. No rain for weeks and weeks and weeks. The grass is brown and dusty but thank goodness the Prime Minister was able to let his hair down and party while (some of) the grown-ups in the government were having emergency meetings to try to come up with a plan to deal with the emergency.

24 July 2022

Well, it was certainly scorcio on Monday and Tuesday as the weather folks had predicted. The UK recorded its highest ever temperature on Tuesday and even in downtown Moreton Pinkney it was hotter than a very hot place on a very hot day. The weather people said it got up to 36^o but I must try to remember to ask one of our lovely neighbours who has a proper weather station-type thing – I suspect it was hotter.

17 July 2022

Scorcio – it’s been a hot one with more forecast to come this week. The temperature has been in the mid to high 20s C but we are expecting 30^o today and 38^o (104^o F) on Monday and Tuesday! The Met office has even issued an amber warning for heat indicating a threat to life! Scorcio Maximo!

10 July 2022

And so, after Penelope’s great wasp adventure, we come to our excursion to the wilds of Northumberland – a four-night camping expedition with campervan and dog. And it was great. It is a beautiful county with gorgeous countryside, a plethora of castles and wide, wide dog-friendly sandy beaches. Indeed, everywhere was dog-friendly and Daisy found herself welcomed and admired just about everywhere we went. And, if that’s not enough, there was some great seafood!

3 July 2022

And, we’re back! After a marvellous four nights in Northumberland which was every bit as splendid as I had hoped it might be. Beautiful, wide sandy beaches where Miss Daisy could run free, a fabulous collection of rotten old ruins of the sort our boys used to love being dragged around back in the day, a glut of delicious shellfish and other assorted seafood and pretty decent weather. What more could one ask?

26 June 2022

It’s been a good to great week. Glorious weather, a Garden Club outing, a couple of splendid walks with Miss Daisy and a couple of excellent bike rides. Isn’t it intriguing how good weather can make everything seem better?

19 June 2022

And there we are – back again before you’d even noticed we’d been away. It’s been a great week. We had the first proper outing in the campervan and I’m pleased to say that both the dog and the two elderly campers survived the experience. It also gave us a chance to visit a dear old friend (i.e., she’s been a friend of ours for a very long time and she’s older than we are so she must be old!). Splendid.

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